Video Interview: Elizabeth Hurley

NEW YORK: Elizabeth Hurley tells World Screen about her experience working on The Royals, a new drama produced by Lionsgate Television that marks E!'s move into scripted series.

The U.S. entertainment network E!, known for its celeb-reality series and pop-culture news, is making the move into scripted programming with The Royals. Set for a March 2015 launch, the series is led by Hurley, who herself is Hollywood royalty. Hurley has had a long list of feature-film credits, but has only done a smattering of TV work. When she got offered the role of playing a fictional queen of England in The Royals, however, Hurley says she couldn’t resist the allure. Hurley’s character, Queen Helena, is the matriarch of a fictitious, scandal-plagued royal family in modern-day England. The series takes a peek at the wild antics going on behind the palace’s closed doors. The sexy new drama is produced by Lionsgate Television and comes from One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn.

This interview is available with subtitles in Spanish, Mandarin and French.