Shogun star Cosmo Jarvis, who played British sailor John Blackthorne, has his intense breakthrough movie available to enjoy now on Netflix in the UK (in the US it's available through Starz) — and we highly recommend giving it a watch.
Take a look at William Oldroyd's Lady Macbeth and you'll see where the intensity that characterizes Jarvis's performance in Shogun comes from. Starring alongside a then lesser-known Florence Pugh, he's the groom on an isolated Northumbrian estate who attracts her attention and becomes both lover and accomplice in her efforts to break free from her arranged marriage. Another costume drama — the film is set during the Victorian era — it illustrates just how well he brings simmering passion to a character in a society constrained by iron-clad rules.
