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The Night Manager meets Slow Horses: Inside Richard Madden and Gugu Mbatha-Raw's new thriller series Trinity
No matter how many thriller series we watch, we're always in the mood for another one and Netflix's newly announced series Trinity, sounds right up our street.
Announced yesterday (24 June) the new show will feature Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Richard Madden, as they team up with the creator of Bodyguard to create a high stakes thriller all about government, secrets and betrayal. Ok, so it's giving us big espionage vibes, similar to two of our other favourite shows Slow Horses and The Night Manager.
Sounds intriguing? Well here's everything you need to know about it.
Announced on X yesterday the official Netflix account shared a succinct plot of what we the series is about, which is as follows: "A heroic Naval Officer becomes involved with the charismatic Secretary of Defence, only to discover he may be at the heart of a dangerous conspiracy."
Gugu Mbatha-Raw will take on the role of the naval officer Commander Katherine Decker, who is second in command on board the USS Kansas, which is a nuclear submarine, and jsut so happens to be one of the deadliest weapons on the planet.
Meanwhile Richard Madden will play Secretary of Defence Webb Preston, who with a background in technology makes him stand out as a threat from other politicians.
The show is created, written and executive produced by Jed Mercurio, who you will likely know as the creator of BBC's Bodyguard, which also starred Richard Madden.
As previously mentioned leading the cast will be Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Commander Katherine Decker. Gugu shared the update of the new show on her Instagram yesterday, calling it "exciting news". You'll likely recognise Gugu from her roles in the series Surface, The Morning Show, Black Mirror and Loki.
Also starring is Richard Madden as Secretary of Defence Webb Preston. You'll recognise Richard from his role as David Budd in the Bodyguard, as well as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones and from roles in movies such as Eternals and Cinderella.
So far no other cast has been announced for the role.
