The BBC’s new prestige show The English marks the return of A-list star Emily Blunt to TV for the first time in more than 15 years, and is her debut in a Western. It doesn’t take long to see why she was attracted to this magnificent blood-soaked tale of the Old West.
Blunt plays Lady Cornelia Locke, just arrived in the Mid West (Maryland, to be precise) of 1890. She is out for revenge, seeking the man responsible for the death of her son. Circumstance puts her together with Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), a Native American who scouted for the US army, and who wants to claim land he believes is owed him.
