The Queen's Gambit Netflix

Netflix’s one of the most-watched scripted miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit”, released on 23 October 2020. The film was directed and written by Scott Frank. Movie Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Moses Ingram, Isla Johnston, Christiane Seidel, Rebecca Root, Chloe Pirrie, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Marielle Heller, Harry Melling, Patrick Kennedy, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Marcin Dorociński.

Is The Queen’s Gambit Based On A True Story

The Queen’s Gambit tells the captivating story of a brilliant young woman who becomes a master chess champion. Despite her tragic personal circumstances the Netflix series certainly feels like a biopic but is it based on a true story under?

The Queen’s Gambit is based on a book Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit is an adaptation of Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel of the same name.

It tells the fictional story of Beth Harmon an Orphan chess Prodigy who aspires to become the world’s greatest chess player while dealing with addiction.

In a 1983 interview with Don Swaim Tevis revealed that he played chess as a child and used his experiences to frame beth’s journey and after observing masterful chess players he was inspired to see their personalities developed as a female character.

I have mixed feelings about chess players Teva said, sometimes I think they’re the dullest people in the world who play a game that convinces them they’re clever because it requires a certain amount of cerebration on a fairly high level other times I think they’re the most wonderful people in the world, but when I wrote my novel I tried to take what I thought was the best thing about chess players a certain kind of committed braininess a kind of high speed and aggressive intelligence and I try to present that in the body of a young girl.

The Netflix Series was adapted into a screenplay by shore under Scott Frank in an interview with you The Queen’s Gambit creator director Scott Frank revealed that he’s been fascinated with bringing Tevis’s book to life for years and he credited the author with the very first script I ever wrote was little man tate and originally I wanted it to be about the cost of genius and I didn’t quite get there with it shared Frank I was too young and I didn’t quite understand what I was writing about and when I read The Queen’s Gambit I
thought this is a much better way to tell that story. This notion that she’s both the protagonist and antagonist in her story I thought was really really interesting and chess was actually the perfect vehicle to tell this with a chess genius.

Frank initially planned to adapt the novel into a movie but over time he realized its details in depth were more suited for a series, if it’s a movie you’re going to lose a lot of what makes the book wonderful he explained.

The Queen’s Gambit Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon

American-born Argentine-British actress and model Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy professionally known as Anya Taylor-Joy.

Bill Camp as Mr Shaibel

American character actor William Camp professionally known as Bill Camp, born on 22 October 1964 in Massachusetts, US. She is known for her role in Lincoln in 2012, Compliance in 2012, 12 Years a Slave in 2013, Love and Mercy in 2015, Loving in 2016, Molly’s in 2017.

Christiane Seidel as Helen Deardorff

American-born German-Danish actress Christiane Seidel, born on 3 April 1988 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States.

Rebecca Root as Miss Lonsdale

English actress, comedian and voice coach Rebecca Root, born on 10 May 1969 in Woking, Surrey, England. In 2014 in The Independent on Sunday’s Rainbow List, she is rated 18th. She is an openly transgender actress on mainstream television.

Chloe Pirrie as Alice Harmon

2014 miniseries “The Game’ in 2012 actress Chole Pirrie, born on 25 August 1987 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She best known for her role in the 2014 miniseries “The Game”, “Shell” in 2012, “An Inspector Calls” television film in 2015.

Akemnji Ndifornyen as Mr. Fergusson

BBC series Leonardo Bristish actor Akemnji Ndifornyen, he was awarded as the BAFTA for his work in BBC comedy series Famalam in 2019.

Marielle Heller as Alma Wheatley

The director, writer and actress Marielle Stiles Heller, professionally known as Marielle Heller, best known for her directing film “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” in 2015.

Harry Melling as Harry Beltik

English actor Harry Edward Melling, professionally known as Harry Melling, born on 13 March 1989 in London, England.

Patrick Kennedy as Allston Wheatley

English actor and director Patrick Kennedy born on 26 August 1977 in London, England. He made her debut with the film “Spooks” in 2002 as Radio Operator.

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Townes

English actor Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, born on 18 January 1988 in Hillingdon, Greater London, England. She is known for her role in 2015 “Wolf Hall” in BBC as “Francis Weston”.

Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Benny Watts

English actor Thomas Brodie-Sangster, professionally known as Thomas Sangster, born on 16 May 1990 in London, England. Best known for her role in “Love Actually” in 2003, “Nanny McPhee” in 2005, and the Netflix miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit” in 2020.

Marcin Dorociński as Vasily Borgov

Polish film, television and stage actor Marcin Grzegorz Dorociński, professionally kown as Marcin Dorociński. Born on 22 June 1973 in Milanowek, Poland.

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