PaleyFest Fall TV Previews 2026: Netflix: The Gentlemen

One in a series of conversations presented as part of The Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest Fall TV Previews events. This program celebrates the second season of The Gentlemen, Netflix's hit series, created by Guy Ritchie, about the lives and loves of the players in an international criminal empire. Reshma Gopaldas moderates Theo James (Eddie Horniman) and Kaya Scodelario (Susie Glass). Topics include: James and Scodelario offering a capsule recap of season one and reflecting on where their characters are as season two commences and they expand their criminal enterprise into Europe; Scodelario on the new power dynamic between her and James's characters; James on the great sense of rhythm that exists between he and Scodelario as they approach their work on the show; how Guy Ritchie's choices in the edit room are a key facet of the production; James on the benefit of having an exact idea of where your character is coming from and where it's going as you approach a scene; James and Scodelario on whether they see their characters as villains; Scodelario on how a visitor from her past informs her character's relationships in season two: how class structure in British society informs the show; James on his characters new relationship in season two and how Eddie sees a glimmer of hope that he could have a normal life; shooting the wedding scenes in Italy; Scodelario on whether her character loves Eddie and how the darkness in him interests her; James on the baroque flourishes within the series and how the themes of Shakespeare's Macbeth inform the storyline; and James on how compelling characters are fascinating because they are attractive and repugnant at the same time.