![]() Shes known for making heavy dramas and period pieces, but I love seeing her in a lighter, more comedic movie. ![]() This means that Kate’s days are very busy, because she has to exchange meaningful looks with this hunk while trying to avert nuclear war. Kate Winslet is one of my all-time favorite actresses. She spends most of her time advising the British on how to conduct foreign policy, and by another stroke of good fortune/casting the Foreign Secretary (David Gyasi) looks as if he’s stumbled in from an action thriller. 62 Average Audience Score Series Info A police officer in a small country town finds his life turned upside down when six former residents return from the dead in perfect health. ![]() With a badass lead, great chemistry, and action moments that left me flinching on multiple occasions, this. Kate does not like dressing up – politely asked if she has a tea dress to wear to an official function, she growls: “The only tea-length garment I packed is a burqa” – but by an extraordinary stroke of good fortune/casting she’s a size six and looks terrific in satin. Kate delivers everything I could ever ask of a hard-hitting revenge-driven action movie. She’s about to get her first ambassadorial posting and is hoping for Kabul – serious, see? – but unexpectedly finds herself sent to London, where she is appalled to find that the official residence resembles Downton Abbey and her first day involves a photoshoot for Vogue. We know she takes her job seriously because she dresses exactly like Homeland’s Carrie Mathison: black trouser suit, cross-body bag, permanently knitted brow. Kate Wyler, played by Keri Russell, is a career diplomat who has worked in Beirut and Islamabad. It’s Homeland meets Emily in Paris, eight episodes of semi-enjoyable nonsense in which the US ambassador in London saves the world from Tory mistakes. ![]() The Diplomat isn’t a serious study of UK-US relations. If you want an example of US disdain for Britain, look no further than The Diplomat (Netflix), a glossy American series whose creator should be on a Border Agency watch list for crimes against our nation. ![]()
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