Who plays Peter on The Great?

Who plays Peter on The Great?

All ten episodes of the first season were released on Hulu on May 15, 2020. The series stars Elle Fanning as Empress Catherine II and Nicholas Hoult as the Emperor Peter III.

Who plays Peter The Great in the Great Season 2?

The Great season 2 cast Elle Fanning plays future Russian leader Catherine the Great alongside Nicholas Hoult (The Favourite) as her idiotic husband, Emperor Peter. Season two also sees the addition of Gillian Anderson, playing Fanning’s on-screen mother, Joanna.

Who plays Peter’s decoy in The Great?

Hoult had to juggle not one but two accents this season when he had the dual performance of both Peter and Pugachev, Peter’s body double (in actuality, a real person who looked strikingly like the former Russian emperor).

Who replaced Peter the Great?

On February 8, 1725, Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, dies and is succeeded by his wife, Catherine I.

Will Peter be in The Great season 3?

It will shock absolutely no one to know that all the leading members of the royal court will be back for The Great season 3. Elle Fanning is definitely coming back to play the titular Queen Catherine, as is Nicholas Hoult, for the part of her irresponsible husband, Peter.

Why did Archie kiss basil?

Father Basil visits Archie’s chambers. The empress relieved him of his commission, leaving him feeling used by both Catherine and Archie. He tells Archie he is a brilliant man, but there is a darkness in him. Archie (perhaps misreading the room) kisses him, then tries to spin this as an act of “pure love.”