Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer to Star on Amazon, BBC Western Series ‘The English’
Set in the mythic mid-American landscape in the year of 1890, “The English” follows Cornelia Locke (Blunt), an Englishwoman who arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son. Upon meeting Eli Whipp (Spencer), an ex-cavalry scout and member of the Pawnee Nation by birth, they join together and discover a shared history that must be defeated at all costs, if either of them is to survive.“The English” is written and directed by Hugo Blick (“The Honourable Woman,” “Black Earth Rising,” “The Shadow Line”) and consists of six, hourlong episodes.Along with Blunt and Spencer, the cast for the Western includes Rafe Spall (“The Salisbury Poisonings,” “Trying”), Tom