Netflix’s new fantasy TV show Cursed stars the 13 Reasons Why actress as the Lady of the Lake, a reinvented Arthurian legend hero imagined by comic legend Frank Miller. On the UK set of the series, Langford explains why the costumes helped her get into character.
In the wake of Game of Thrones, Netflix has led the charge for new televised fantasy epics, with shows like The Witcher, The Dark Crystal, and The Letter for the King amongst their original productions. Next in line is Cursed, a reimagining of Arthurian legend based on a book by TV writer Tom Wheeler and comics writer and illustrator Frank Miller. The new focus of the old legend is Nimue, The Lady of the Lake, who in the original tales gifted King Arthur with the magic sword Excalibur. In Cursed, she’s the one destined to wield the sword.
During a visit to the UK set of Cursed,Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why) admitted her knowledge of the Arthurian myth was limited, with some exceptions. “I definitely saw [the 2008 BBC series] Merlin when I was younger growing up here, so that was my only real point of understanding the King Arthur legends,” she said during some downtime from shooting.
