Richard Madden led the cast of the first series of Medici, but he is not in the new series of the Netflix show. While the dynastic-diplomatic deal is concocted, Lorenzo returns to Firenze and reconciles his father by promising ... Medici season two (which is titled Medici: The Magnificent) will be released by Netflix tomorrow (Friday, January 25) with a mostly new cast. Medici the Magnificent instead focuses on Richard Madden’s character’s grandson Lorenzo de Medici (played by Daniel Sharman).Richard Madden is not in Medici season two because the drama has taken a time jump between series one (titled Masters of Florence) and the new run (The Magnificent).Medici: The Magnificent begins in 1469, 20 years after the end of the first season.The real-life character Richard Madden played in Medici: Masters of Florence, Cosimo de Medici, died five years earlier in 1464 at the age of 75.The official plot summary for Medici season two confirms the show is following the real-life timeline.The synopsis reads in part: “Medici: The Magnificent starts 20 years later [than Masters of Florence] in 1469.“The series takes us to the heart of the Renaissance through one of the most important historical figures of all times, Lorenzo the Magnificent.”Lorenzo’s grandfather Cosimo is now dead and his grandmother the Countess (played by Annabel Scholey in Masters of Florence) has withdrawn from public life.Richard Madden is not the only actor who is not in the new series due to the time jump.For example, Lorenzo’s father Piero was played by Alessandro Sperduti in Masters of Florence but is played by Julian Sands in The Magnificent.Also, Piero’s wife and Lorenzo’s mother Lucrezia has been recast from Valentina Belle to Sarah Parish.Although Richard Madden is not in the new series of Medici, he is still credited on the show as an executive producer.Since appearing in Medici, Richard Madden has become a household name since playing David Budd in Bodyguard.Prior to Medici, Madden had been acting on screen since 2000 when he appeared in British film Complicity, which also starred his future Bodyguard co-star Keeley Hawes.In the following few years, the Scottish actor appeared in Taggart, Hope Springs and Boy George TV biopic Worried About the Boy.However, the actor came to many people’s attention after playing Robb Stark in the first three seasons of Game of ThronesThough he is not in Meidi season two, Madden will soon be on screens as manager John Reid in the Elton John biopic Rocketman. However a delay occurs. At his mother 's request, Lorenzo offers 'side-tracked' Giuliano the post of governor of Volterra, but he declines, saying rightly Francesco was the first choice anyway, and admits he prefers Florentine society, notably his affair with Simonetta Vespucci, co-model for adoring Boticelli, but that project is canceled when her husband smells an adulterous rat. The death of the pope brings strategic challenges as lorenzo negotiates with the Duke of milan and welcomes his new bride, Clarice, to Florence.
MEDICI season 2 sees a new cast join the Netflix drama. The Pazzi prepare to launch their final attack against the Medici family. Richard Madden led the cast of the first series of Medici, but he is not in the new series of the Netflix show. PUBLISHED: 14:43, Thu, Jan 24, 2019 By Samuel Spencer. Season 2 of 'Medici' saw a different cast with Daniel Sharman playing Lorenzo de' Medici and Bradley James playing Giuliano de' Medici. Lorenzo and Giuliano were Cosimo's grandsons. Lorenzo goes to Rome, asking pope Paul for an extension of the Medici bank credit from the papal tides. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you agree with it. Finding the papacy unwilling to help out the ailing Medici bank, Lorenzo turns again to cruel duke Galleano Sforza, who accepts to pay off Milan's huge debt by trade treaty at rival city Bologna's expense. The so-called Amarna Letters are a collection of several hundred clay tablets dated to the 14th century BC. The Sforza duke having been murdered on Pazzi orders, Jacopo plots to hire condottiere count Montesecco to seize Firenze and eradicate the Medici. After ruthless patriarch Piero's death, a new generation of Medici is key to Florentine history. Medici the Magnificent instead focuses on Richard Madden’s character’s […]