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Riviera stars talk art heists, international conspiracies and Georgina’s past coming back to haunt her in season 3
RIVIERA stars Rupert Graves and Julia Stiles talk art heists and international conspiracies, and how season three of the Sky Atlantic series will see Georgina’s past coming back to haunt her.
Graves, 57, is set to join the cast as charismatic and charming Gabriel Hirsch, who starts working with the lead character, Georgina, played by Julia Stiles, 39.
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Set in the French Riviera, the series follows Georgina Clios, an American art curator whose life is turned upside down after the death of her billionaire husband Constantine.
The third season picks up one year after the explosive finale of the second series and sees Georgina, now Ryland, leaving the cursed Riviera for a new life.
Speaking alongside her co-star, Stiles, best known for her roles in 10 Things I Hate About You and Save The Last Dance, said of Georgina’s fresh start: “Gabriel offers her a job that proves to be more of an adventure and she can't resist it.
“…they go off to Venice to recover a stolen Picasso and that's quickly wrapped up into an international conspiracy that takes them to Argentina.
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"But first they find themselves back in St Tropez, and Georgina runs headfirst into Nico Eltham and then Daphne Eltham.
"And because that is a very interwoven community of wealthy families that know everything about each other, her plan to get away from her past is going to prove very challenging."
Graves, who starred in BBC's Sherlock, revealed he was excited to take on the role.
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He said: “I'd never seen a show about the super-wealthy, that was done in this way, which I found interesting because I found it dreamy and quite hallucinogenic and... not aspirational, but if you aspire to be like these people, good luck to you!
"I found it dysfunctional and interesting. And I found the mystery of who Georgina is, and why she does what she does, really, really involving. So yeah, it was that really – and getting to work with Julia too."
Riviera airs Thursdays on Sky Atlantic at 9pm and is available to stream on NOW TV.
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