Mark Duplass joins Hulu’s Victoria: his role in the venture capital thriller
Duplass will play a gene-editing professor in the San Francisco-set limited series, joining Li Jun Li and Diane Lane.
Mark Duplass has joined the cast of Hulu’s San Francisco-set limited series Victoria, Variety and Deadline reported on October 14. He will play a UC Berkeley professor in the erotic thriller, joining previously announced cast members Li Jun Li and Diane Lane.
His character, William Holbrook, works in gene editing and has become sought after in Silicon Valley, according to both reports. Variety also describes him as a mentor with a devoted group of young-scientist students. The role brings a scientist into a story centred on venture capital, though the reports do not specify how Holbrook enters its central conflict.
What is Mark Duplass’s role in Victoria?
The casting adds Duplass to a project whose two previously announced stars play figures in the venture capital world. Li plays Maxine Tao, a con woman drawn into high-stakes venture capital after a chance encounter. Lane plays Lee Calloway, a venture capitalist described as accustomed to getting what she wants.
The series’ premise follows Maxine into a world of power and luxury, where a seductive killer knows her secrets. Both outlets describe Victoria as an erotic thriller. Their accounts establish the setup and the named characters, rather than the precise relationships or events that will unfold between them.
Who is making Hulu’s Victoria?
Christy Hall created Victoria and serves as its writer and showrunner. Geeta Vasant Patel is directing the pilot; Variety says she is also an executive producer on that episode. The limited series comes from Onyx Collective and Counterpart Studios.
Lilly Burns, Elise Henderson and Tony Hernandez are executive producers for Counterpart Studios. Li is also a co-producer. Those credits identify the creative team attached to the series alongside its newly expanded cast; neither October 14 report gives a production start or release date.
Where else has Mark Duplass appeared?
Duplass is a cast member of Apple TV’s The Morning Show. Variety notes Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for that work, while Deadline specifies Emmy nominations in 2020 and 2024. Both outlets also identify his appearance in Kane Parsons’ horror film Backrooms, giving viewers another recent screen credit as he joins Victoria.
Sources and context
- Mark Duplass Joins Cast of Hulu’s Erotic Thriller Limited Series ‘Victoria’Variety
- Mark Duplass Joins Hulu Limited Series 'Victoria'Deadline
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