Emilia Clarke joins new Prime Video crime series

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Emilia Clarke has landed her next lead TV role in new Prime Video series Criminal.

The Game of Thrones actor will play Malory, a slick and skilled armed robber in the new show on the streaming service, based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.

Clarke joins Rebel Moon's Charlie Hunnam, Richard Jenkins and Hit Man star Adria Arjona in the series sold as an "interlocking universe of crime stories" (via Variety).

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"Mallory (Clarke) is a woman on the edge, living on the wrong side of the law and hiding secrets that will bring her and her entire crew into the danger zone," reads the official synopsis.

Her character is part of a wider heist crew including crook Ricky Lawless (played by Fear the Walking Dead star Gus Halper), with the two having a Bonnie-and-Clyde-style romance.

Additional cast members include John Hawkes, Logan Browning, Kadeem Hardison, Pat Healy, Taylor Sele, Aliyah Camacho, Michael Mando, Marvin Jones III, Michael Xavier, and Dominic Burgess.

Comic book creators Phillips and Brubaker will act as executive producers on Criminal, with the latter also taking on the role of co-showrunner.

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The Daenerys Targaryen actress also landed her next movie role last month, confirmed to be joining the cast of upcoming Netflix film The Twits.

The animated movie is based on the classic Roald Dahl children's book of the same name about a couple who happen to be the "meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world".

The all-star voice cast includes Natalie Portman, Cocaine Bear's Margo Martindale and Taskmaster star Johnny Vegas.

Criminal will stream on Prime Video at a later date.


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