Hugo Speer

  • 31 October 2005

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Actor

Meet The New Incarnations Of The Musketeers And Their Friends And Foes [Pictures]

By Holly Williams in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 January 2014

Luke Pasqualino Santiago Cabrera Tom Burke Howard Charles Peter Capaldi Adrian Hodges Ryan Gage Tamla Kari Hugo Speer

Who are the stars of the new BBC One period drama 'The Musketeers'?

The world's favourite swashbuckling quartet are back in a stunning new adventure series adapted by BBC One from Alexandre Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers' and starring an exceptional ensemble cast.

Image caption Athos, Aramis, D'Artagnan and Porthos

The new show is named merely 'The Musketeers' and, although is based on the main framework of the 1844 novel, is in fact a series of newly created escapades, occasionally inspired by the events of the original story. Creator Adrian Hodges wanted to go for something a little different from the last few decades of popular movie adaptions, which include Richard Lester's 1973 version starring Michael York and Charlton Heston, the 1993 Disney film with Chris O'Donnell and Tim Curry, and who could forget the animated adventure 'Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds'?

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