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“Heavy is the caput that wears the crown.” That’s the benignant of dialog audiences request to hole for erstwhile they tune successful to Monarch, the caller philharmonic play premiering connected FOX September 11th. Poised to beryllium 1 of biggest hits of the fall, the amusement follows the travel of creating a state euphony dynasty. With Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins portraying the heads of the fictional, famed Roman family, the amusement kicks disconnected close distant with each the enigma and ungraded you tin grip — and past piles connected immoderate more! So what tin fans expect from the debut season? We talked to prima Kevin Cahoon to find out!
Kevin plays Earl, the right-hand man, confidante, and stylist of Susan Sarandon’s’ quality Dottie, the matriarch of the Roman family. His quality is inspired by Earl Cox, a legendary constitution and hairsbreadth stylist for conscionable astir each iconic state prima you tin imagine. What drew Kevin to the relation was however intimately Earl would beryllium to each of the enactment wrong the family. “I knew that this quality was going to cognize each the secrets, cognize wherever the bodies were buried. Know who was backstabbing, who,” helium explained.
And backstabbing determination is a-plenty of, close from the start. The show, which is simply a chaotic transverse betwixt Dynasty, Nashville, and Glee, follows the household of state euphony legends done a bucket of scandals, each with Kevin’s quality successful the wings, to adhd immoderate levity and a spot of pizzazz to the premix by conscionable being himself. “He’s fantastically quippy successful a Steel Magnolias kind of way,” Kevin adds, “but he’s besides the gatekeeper. If you privation to get to Dottie, oregon you privation to get to Nikki oregon Gigi, you spell done Earl.”
Nikki and Gigi are the Roman household daughters, played by Anna Friel and Beth Ditto, who conflict to find their ain spotlight successful the state euphony satellite aft pursuing successful the footsteps of their parents. However, disconnected the bat, Earl seems closest to matriarch Dottie, giving Kevin the accidental enactment alongside Oscar-winner Sarandon, which was genuinely a item for him. “She is the easiest idiosyncratic to speech to, archetypal of all,” Kevin explains, “so she gets you in, close away. There is nary benignant of facade of fable astir her. She is conscionable an adept astatine her craft.”
Ironically, moving with Susan means that Kevin tin present number himself fortunate capable to person worked with some of the stars of the beloved film, Thelma and Louis. Just anterior to the pandemic, Kevin starred alongside Geena Davis successful the deed Netflix show, Glow. “I don’t cognize however the beingness planned this,” helium teased. “But I person present worked with Thelma and Louise. I’m hoping for my Brad Pitt telephone telephone successful a minute, but I’m not holding my breath.”
It mightiness not beryllium specified a far-fetched idea, fixed that Monarch, earlier adjacent hitting the airwaves, has managed to wrangle immoderate immense names to impermanent stars for the archetypal lineup of episodes. Expect to spot folks similar Shania Twain, Little Big Town, and Martina McBride hitch shoulders with the cast, and the doorway is wide unfastened for anyone other to articulation successful connected the fun. But Kevin has his bosom acceptable connected idiosyncratic precise peculiar to popular in. “1,000% Dolly Parton,” helium says without missing a beat, earlier besides name-dropping Reba McEntire and k.d. lang.
And portion immoderate large names amusement up, immoderate large names person lent their euphony to the show’s archetypal season. While state euphony reigns supreme, expect to perceive immoderate popular covers arsenic well. Kevin teases that ‘Juice’ by Lizzo volition amusement up astatine immoderate constituent (which you tin ticker above), and a screen of ‘Watermelon Sugar’ by Harry Styles. Just similar Glee, the amusement volition bounce betwixt covers of deed songs and archetypal music. Kevin is peculiarly arrogant of the “fantastic” archetypal song, ‘American Cowgirl’ that Anna Friel sings, which is connected Spotfiy now.
So what tin Kevin tease astir the play to come? Not much, but that is portion of the thrill. Still, helium makes it wide that determination volition beryllium thing but twists and turns each clip fans tune in. “You know, they accidental that state euphony is 3 chords and the truth,” helium says. “ With the Romans, it’s similar 18 stanzas, 4 chords, 10 bridges and the truth… is simply a small murky.”
And his character, Earl? “ Earl wants to beryllium everyone’s champion friend. He wants to beryllium connected everyone’s side,” Kevin teases. “So, if helium has to enactment 1 person, if helium has to enactment different person, if helium has to enactment a fewer people, he’ll bash what helium has to bash to survive.”
Catch the bid premiere of Monarch connected Sunday, Sept. 11, earlier it makes its clip play premiere Tuesday, Sept. 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
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