Emma Thompson Promotes DOWN CEMETERY ROAD on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT

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Emma Thompson stopped by The Late Show to talk about her upcoming Apple TV limited series Down Cemetery Road and also to do that thing that Emma Thompson has been doing effortlessly for four decades: defy expectations. See, there’s a fairly consistent style trope that a significant number of mature actresses tend to adopt when they’ve aged out of most leading lady roles which we’ve dubbed “Wacky Aunt.” Everyone from Helena Bonham Carter to Pamela Anderson has played around in that style pool, some of them for so long that it’s become their signature style. And to be fair, that was Emma’s approach for most of the last decade. But we’re pleasantly surprised to see her rather aggressively move away from that cliche.

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That’s just straight up silver-haired chic. No wacky to be found anywhere here, this is pure grownup glamour. We’re not entirely convinced that the sequins work on the sleeves, but those pants are gorgeous. If you’re concerned that Miss Emma has completely abandoned her more expressive style ways in order to adopt a conventional glamour, rest assured:

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This Auntie is still as wacky as she wants to be.

ABUOT THE SERIES:
An explosion, a conspiracy, and an unlikely duo on a mission to expose the truth. From the team behind the Emmy-winning series Slow Horses comes a brand new mystery to solve. Down Cemetery Road, starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson premieres October 29 on Apple TV 

“Down Cemetery Road,” starring and executive produced by Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Emma Thompson, and also starring Golden Globe and two-time Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson. The eight-episode series will make its global debut on Apple TV with the first two episodes on Wednesday, October 29 followed by new episodes every Wednesday through December 10.

When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Tucker (Wilson) becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson). Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.

The ensemble cast includes BAFTA Award winner Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Emmy Award nominee Tom Goodman-Hill, BAFTA Award winner Darren Boyd, Tom Riley, SAG Award nominee Adam Godley, Sinead Matthews, Ken Nwosu, Fehinti Balogun and Aiysha Hart.

Produced by 60Forty Films, “Down Cemetery Road” is written by Morwenna Banks (“Slow Horses”) who also serves as executive producer alongside Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Tom Nash at 60Forty Films, Thompson, and “Down Cemetery Road” author Mick Herron. Natalie Bailey (“Bay of Fires”) serves as lead director for the series.

[Photo Credit: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS, Jason Howard/BauerGriffin/INSTARimages – Video Credit: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert/YouTube, AppleTV/YouTube]

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