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The 2019 Netflix film directly connected to The Gentlemen series

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • Netflix's The Gentlemen series is a spin-off of Guy Ritchie's 2019 film of the same name, although the two productions feature different characters.
  • Both stories combine aristocratic settings, wealth and violence with hidden marijuana operations beneath elite properties.
  • Ritchie said the contrast between old aristocratic money and newly acquired wealth created much of the universe's humor and energy.

The Gentlemen series did not appear out of nowhere. Its story leads back to Guy Ritchie's 2019 film of the same name, set in the same fictional universe but built around different characters.

Across its two seasons, the Netflix series follows Eddie Horniman, played by Theo James, an aristocrat who inherits a criminal business and is drawn into a series of problems. The film, directed by Ritchie as well, stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell. It follows a drug lord trying to sell his empire to a dynasty of Oklahoma billionaires.

The aristocracy feels somewhat uncomfortable with money and the old-fashioned way it receives it, while the nouveau riche like to flaunt it.

· Guy RitchieRitchie described the contrast at the heart of The Gentlemen's world.

The most obvious link is Ritchie's visual style and tone. The productions do not share characters, but both place drug trafficking and violence beneath a polished world of class, elegance and money. Their protagonists also manage similar operations: marijuana businesses hidden under aristocratic properties.

In the film, Mickey, played by McConaughey, establishes underground plantations beneath the mansions of British aristocrats who need money. In the series, Eddie inherits a family estate with a huge plantation operating below it. The film is available in Argentina on Netflix, Prime Video and HBO Max.

When you bring the two together, old money rubs off a little on new money.

· Guy RitchieHe explained how aristocratic wealth and new wealth interact in the story.

Ritchie said he found extensive material in the world of The Gentlemen, including more characters than he initially knew how to fit into the story. Working with co-writer Matthew Read, he developed the narrative through a dynamic production that included same-day script rewrites.

On the film's central idea, Ritchie said, "The aristocracy feels somewhat uncomfortable with money and the old-fashioned way it receives it, while the nouveau riche like to flaunt it." He added, "When you bring the two together, old money rubs off a little on new money," and vice versa. That "fusion," he said, is where the fun lies.

Fusion.

· Guy RitchieRitchie used this word to describe the meeting of old money and new money, which he said is where the fun lies.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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