Trinity Trailer Featuring Richard Madden and Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Netflix has shared the trailer for Trinity, the upcoming thriller television series starring Richard Madden and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. From showrunner, writer, and executive producer Jed Mercurio (Bodyguard), all seven episodes of the series will be available on December 1.
In Trinity, a heroic female naval officer becomes involved with the outwardly charismatic Secretary of Defense, only to discover he may be at the heart of a dangerous conspiracy.
The cast includes Richard Madden, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Marcia Gay Harden, JD Pardo, Bruce Greenwood, Robert Wisdom, Kirk Acevedo, Ben Cotton, James Remar, Jason Ralph, and Mark O’Brien.
The executive producers of the 20th Television series include Bradley Gardner, Wendy Mericle, and Jimmy Mulville for HTM Television.
Mbatha-Raw stars as Commander Katherine Decker, second-in-command aboard the USS Kansas, a nuclear submarine. When she develops an unlikely bond with Secretary of Defense Webb Preston (Madden), she finds herself drawn into dangerous machinations surrounding a top-secret program code-named Trinity.
“One line that sums up Commander Katherine Decker is ‘The boat comes first,’” Mercurio told the Netflix blog Tudum, but her feelings for Webb change everything. “An unexpected complication for Katherine is a personal connection stoked by Webb’s idealism. As she gets closer to the truth, Katherine finds herself caught between supporting Webb’s strategy to prevent World War III and exposing his secret agenda.”
“[She] comes to fear that the US secretary of defense is either the savior of world peace or its greatest threat,” Mercurio teased. He added, “I love watching thrillers as much as I enjoy making them. One of my all-time favorites is No Way Out. I wanted to create an action thriller set around the Pentagon with a high-stakes conspiracy to challenge a heroic naval officer.”
Nuclear submarines also gave Mercurio a particularly perilous and very cool world to work with. “The ballistic nuclear submarines in the US Navy are the most powerful weapons ever created. They can hide in the ocean depths undetected for months and carry the firepower to wipe out entire countries. There’s no deadlier or more claustrophobic setting for a thriller.”
Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Lift, Surface) stars as Commander Katherine Decker. She serves as second-in-command on the USS Kansas, a nuclear submarine and one of the deadliest weapons on Earth. Richard Madden (Eternals, Citadel) plays Secretary of Defense Webb Preston. With a technology background that makes him different from most politicians, Webb’s innovation and purpose are seen as a threat in more ways than one.
Marcia Gay Harden (So Help Me Todd) portrays Margaret Vandenburg. The CEO and matriarch of the Vandenburg business empire, she’s been instrumental in her prominent family amassing significant political ties. JD Pardo (Mayans M.C., High Potential) is Tom Reyes, a lieutenant commander in the US Navy.
Bruce Greenwood (Fall of the House of Usher, The Resident) plays Special Agent Eric Colby, Robert Wisdom (Barry, Terminal List) plays Admiral Griff Tatum, and Kirk Acevedo (Lioness, Band of Brothers) is Captain Jock Campbell.
Ben Cotton (The Night Agent, Harper’s Island) plays Special Agent Jake Ryan, James Remar (It: Welcome to Derry, Dexter: Resurrection) is President Paul Barnard, Jason Ralph (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Magicians) portrays Brooks Vandenburg, and Mark O’Brien (City on a Hill, Ready or Not) is Dr. Brian York.
