Mark Duplass Joins Cast of Hulu’s Erotic Thriller Limited Series ‘Victoria’
Mark Duplass has joined Hulu’s limited series “Victoria”, alongside previously announced cast members Li Jun Li and Diane Lane. The San Francisco-set erotic thriller centres on a con woman drawn into venture capital, where she encounters a world of power and luxury and a killer who knows her secrets.
Duplass will play William Holbrook, a UC Berkeley gene-editing professor and mentor to young scientists. Li plays Maxine Tao, the con woman, while Lane is venture capitalist Lee Calloway. The series comes from creator and showrunner Christy Hall, with its pilot directed by Geeta Vasant Patel; Onyx Collective and Counterpart Studios are producing.
- Mark Duplass joins Hulu’s “Victoria”.
- Li Jun Li and Diane Lane were previously announced.
- The thriller follows a con woman in Silicon Valley’s venture capital world.
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Victoria is a planned limited series set in San Francisco, a city known for its technology and investment industries. Its story follows Maxine Tao, a con woman who enters the world of venture capital, where investors fund companies in exchange for a stake in their future value.
The main characters include Maxine, played by Li Jun Li, and venture capitalist Lee Calloway, played by Diane Lane. Mark Duplass plays William Holbrook, a gene-editing professor at UC Berkeley who mentors young scientists. The series also brings together people from finance and scientific research, against a thriller plot involving secrets and a killer.
Venture capital and gene editing are real fields with influence over which ideas and technologies get money and attention. The series uses that setting to explore how wealth, scientific ambition and personal relationships intersect.