Netflix today released the official trailer and key art for the upcoming political thriller series The Diplomat. You can watch the trailer using the player below and keep scrolling for more photos and the key art.
In the series, Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is the new US Ambassador to the United Kingdom. She was supposed to go to Afghanistan. She’s great in a crisis zone. In a historic home… less so.
War is brewing on one continent and boiling over on another. Kate will have to diffuse international crises, forge strategic alliances in London, and adjust to her new place in the spotlight — all while trying to survive her marriage to fellow career diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell).
The political show hails from the mind of Debora Cahn, who is no stranger to the political arena after her work on Homeland and The West Wing. Cahn serves as executive producer on the series alongside Russell and Janice Williams (Pieces of Her, The Magicians).
If you’re wondering what to expect from The Diplomat, Cahn has a little teaser for you. “The Diplomat is a show about the transcendence and torture of long-term relationships,” she says. “It’s hard to keep a relationship going, be it a marriage or a military alliance.
Cahn continued: “We change, the world changes, and yet we want these relationships to go on forever. It’s a show about a bunch of good people doing their best to keep their global and personal partnerships intact without killing each other.
“In the world of diplomacy, you’re dealing with a lot of rule-bound, protocol-driven behavior, but underneath all that, these are people who sweat, and spill coffee on their clothes, and forget the name of the person they’re talking to.
“All of that is always bubbling under the grandeur and majesty of working with heads of state.”
Joining Russell on this mission is Rufus Sewell as Hal Wyler, Kate’s husband and himself a brilliant diplomat. And elsewhere in the embassy there’s also David Gyasi, Ato Essandoh, Rory Kinnear, Ali Ahn, Nana Mensah, Michael McKean and Miguel Sandoval.
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Jenna Busch has written and spoken about movies, TV, video games, and comics all over the Internet for over 15 years, co-hosted a series with Stan Lee, appeared on multiple episodes of “Tabletop,” written comic books, and is a contributing author for the 13 books in the “PsychGeeks” series including “Star Wars Psychology.” She founded Legion of Leia and hosted the “Legion” podcast.