Carice Van Houten Teases Her ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ Character’s ‘Trauma & Secrets’ (Exclusive)

Carice van Houten is 1 of the dazzling members of the Dangerous Liaisons ensemble cast. She plays Jacqueline de Montrachet, 1 of the astir pious women successful Paris. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Carice astir what’s hiding down Jacqueline’s righteousness.

Carice van Houten plays Jacqueline de Montrachet. (STARZ)

“What intrigued maine was mostly the information that she’s precise suppressed. Even though she’s precocious society, she’s up there, she lives successful bully conditions, she lives successful a loveless marriage,” Carice said. “She’s devoted herself to the church, and there’s a batch of unlived emotions and trauma and secrets that she carries.”

She continued, “I deliberation that hostility of idiosyncratic trying to support it unneurotic is thing that attracts maine isolated from the information that, of course, the amusement is truthful good written. It took a pistillate perspective, and the formed and the 2 main characters are truthful radiant. They person had a ripple effect connected everyone else.”

Prior to taking connected the relation of Jacqueline, Carice had not work the 1782 caller connected which the amusement is based. However, she had seen the 1988 movie mentation starring John Malkovich and Glenn Close.

As for the STARZ series, Carice pointed retired that it has “a precise modern vibe to it and it’s precise inclusive. Of course, we person ne'er seen radical of colour successful these kinds of shows. I mean, Bridgerton of course, it’s each coming now. But, successful fact, there’s a batch of probe that it was really true. White radical person benignant of forgotten astir that. We’ve ne'er truly portrayed it successful an authentic way, truthful that is decidedly new, positive the information that it’s truthful authentic. It feels precise modern to me, adjacent though it’s the olden days, and there’s a large value to it.”

Carice is champion known for her relation arsenic Melisandre successful Game of Thrones. During the archetypal play of House of the Dragon, which became 1 of the biggest hits of 2022, galore fans hypothesized that a young mentation of Melisandre could beryllium successful the show.

Carice van Houten arsenic Melisandre. (HBO)

“I recognize that it is benignant of a satisfying happening to wed those 2 worlds together. But personally, arsenic overmuch arsenic I would emotion to travel back, I deliberation it mightiness beryllium much absorbing to spot a kid mentation of my character, to spot her arsenic a child, due to the fact that there’s a full slavery past determination that we ne'er touched upon,” Carice told HollywoodLife. “I mentioned it once. So if astatine all, I deliberation that would astir apt beryllium the mode to go. And again, arsenic overmuch arsenic I would similar to enactment the wig connected again and formal up reds, I deliberation that mightiness beryllium the mode to spell much than putting maine backmost in.” Dangerous Liaisons volition aerial Sundays connected STARZ.