When I started talking to Elwood Reid about it, he said, ‘When you said you wanted to get down and dirty with Mathilde that was enough for me.’ When you first meet her she’s kind of this tough lady but you don’t yet realize she’s vying for power in the same way as the men.” David Thewlis in “Barkskins.” National Geographic/Peter H.
The women came in later,” Harden, 60, tells The Post. “The first part of 1690s period focuses on the men and their journey. It tracks the battles between the French and English to establish dominance over the rugged, sparsely inhabited territory - with Jesuit priests trying to convert the indigenous population and King Louis of France sending indentured young women to populate the region.īut Proulx’s novel did not include a character named Mathilde. The Monday-night series, co-starring David Thewlis (“Big Mouth,” “Fargo”), is based on Annie Proulx’s 2016 novel and is set in Wobik, a small settlement in what’s now the Canadian province of Quebec. Marcia Gay Harden had some interpretive freedom regarding Mathilde, the strong-willed innkeeper she plays in “Barkskins,” Nat Geo’s new historical drama set in 1690s New France. How steamy Jane Austen show 'Sanditon' got un-cancelled Jake Johnson on new show 'Minx:' 'The penis montage was very funny' The nuclear nightmare that almost took out the East Coast From Jeff Bridges to 'Game of Thrones' spinoff: the hot summer shows
