{"id":17687,"date":"2022-06-29T18:20:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T16:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1671237"},"modified":"2022-06-29T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T16:44:08","slug":"hugh-grant-and-billie-piper-to-star-in-netflix-fantasy-drama-kaos","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/hugh-grant-and-billie-piper-to-star-in-netflix-fantasy-drama-kaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Grant and Billie Piper to star in Netflix fantasy drama KAOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Hugh Grant will play \u201cvengeful\u201d Greek god Zeus in new Netflix series <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/kaos-release-date-netflix\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">KAOS<\/a>, which will also feature a cameo from Billie Piper.<\/p>\n<p>The Paddington 2 star\u2019s casting was announced on Twitter, in a post that describes the series as a \u201ccontemporary take on Greek mythology\u201d from <a href=\"&quot;\/tv\/comedy\/the-end-of-the-fucking-world-season-2-channel-4-netflix-release-date-cast-plot-trailer\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">The End of the F***ing World<\/a> writer Charlie Covell.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent post revealed that \u2013\u00a0alongside Grant as Zeus, king of the Olympian gods \u2013\u00a0the series will also star the likes of Janet McTeer, David Thewlis, Cliff Curtis, Killian Scott, Aurora Perrineau, Misia Butler and more, \u201cplus a cameo appearance from Billie Piper\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">NEWS: Hugh Grant (<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/HackedOffHugh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@HackedOffHugh<\/a>) will play vengeful god Zeus in KAOS \u2013 a contemporary take on Greek mythology from TEOTFW writer Charlie Covell. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/brI0Lm8nlC&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/brI0Lm8nlC<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Netflix UK &amp; Ireland (@NetflixUK) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixUK\/status\/1542161323441721353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">June 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Speaking exclusively to\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> back in 2019, writer-creator Covell explained that KAOS will \u201chopefully [have] a kind of Game of Thrones scale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s basically like a contemporary reimagining of Greek mythology, so it\u2019s a big show,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a 10-hour series for Netflix, and hopefully with a kind of Game of Thrones scale \u2014 but tonally it should [feel] End of the World-y, in terms of its humour and its soundtrack and the look of it. One of the big steers for me was the Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet as a look.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series, which will begin filming this summer,\u00a0will also be set across three distinct worlds: The Gods, the Earth and The Underworld.<\/p> <p>Covell added: \u201cIt\u2019s set contemporary but Other. And it\u2019s taking on the myths and kind of flipping them on their heads, basically. And so yeah, we start with Orpheus and Eurydice. The gods are like a massive dysfunctional family, it should be funny and dark and sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>KAOS will begin filming later this year. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flora Carr Published: Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 12:00 am Hugh Grant will play \u201cvengeful\u201d Greek god Zeus in new Netflix series KAOS, which will also feature a cameo from Billie Piper. 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