We chat with TheSerpentQueen star Liv Hill about working with Samantha Morton on the starz series, finding Catherine de Medici's complexities, and her favorite aspect of playing the monarch:
Before she was The Serpent Queen, Catherine de Medici was an Italian noblewoman turned orphaned teenager who married into the French court via King Henry II. Circumstances turned her into the notorious historical figure she came to be, one with a proclivity for poison, political cunning, and ruthless persecution. In the Starz original series The Serpent Queen, Catherine is played as an adult by Samantha Morton, while Liv Hill takes on the role during her teenage years.
Liv Hill: Yeah, there's a book by Leonie Frieda. I started to read that, but then I ran out of time before shooting. It's very dense with lots of information that was really helpful. But after that, no, you're right. I just had to base it on the script. And she's written so multifaceted. She's vulnerable, and also very detached and strong and weak at times. It was just a gift of a character to play.
With this kind of expansive timeline and this massive undertaking of a period piece, what was it like being on set and becoming immersed in 16th-century France?
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