Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantum) Richard Madden (Eternals), Stanley Tucci and the Russo brothers (directors of the last two chapters of the Avengers), have landed in Rome for the preview of the spy series Citadelon Prime Videos from 28 April.
A history of international espionage involving the agency, independent of any nation, which gives its name to the series. This is just the beginning of global franchise, produced by the Russo brothers, which will involve several spin-offs filmed in different countries. Ours is also the protagonist in one of these Matilda DeAngelis.
Citadel: the plot of the Prime Video series
Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) are two special agents of the spy agency Citadel, a myth for many. In reality it moves above the spheres of the CIA and the nations, acting independently. Citadel acts for the good of the world (the fall of the world is owed to his agents Berlin Wallfor example) and this does not please a Manticorea powerful corporation that manipulates the globe and moves in the shadows.
Mantinore manages to annihilate Citadel and to kill some of his agents during a mission in the Italian Alps, including Mason and Nadia. In reality they miraculously managed to save themselves, but their memories were erased by the head of Citadel, Bernard Orlick (Stanley Tucci).
Eight years after the dramatic event in Italy, the two have rebuilt their lives: he has a family in America, she lives in Spain. Bernard years later he gets in touch again Manson why a briefcase of Citadelwhich contains the codes to defuse half the world’s nuclear warheads, was recovered by Mantinore. A new mission is about to beginbut first you need to track down Nadia and above all recover your memories.
Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. (First Videos)
Citadel: a love letter to James Bond e Mission Impossible
Citadel fits into the vein spy alla Jason Bourne And Mission Impossible, where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems. «We like the spy genre because it allows us to subvert all expectations – say the Russo brothers in a Roman cinema -, in Citadel surprising and unexpected things happen». «For us it is a love letter to Mission Impossible it’s at James Bond and reflects the world around us,” they continue. Also, instead of having one spy in action we have two, Nadia and Manson, a couple who share a past built on lies. «Citadel mixes action, espionage, extreme situations and romance» says Richard Madden.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Richard Madden in Rome. (Getty Images)
There is in between Bernard, alias Stanley Tucci: «In the various spy films there is always a boss who manages the spies and a tech expert, Bernard is a bit of all of this – says the actor de The devil wears Prada – he is a complex character, not two-dimensional».
Spies are a bit like Marvel superheroes. And Stanley Tucci’s advice
The Russo Brothers they grinded record after record with i cinecomic dedicated to Avengers. “Even spies in movies and series look a bit like Super heroes – they say – they don’t have i superpowers, but they have much higher skills than us normal beings, they do things bordering on the impossible. And then their stories always have to do with something that threatens the world, just like i Super heroes. We are passionate about the genre.”
Also Tucci it is no less: «I love James Bond, as a boy every time a film came out I went to see it, and then I passed on the passion to my children». In the meeting in Rome the actor gives advice to young people who want to take up his job: «Never try to copy someone else or the fashion of the momentbe yourself. And don’t think about success. It will take longer to reach the goal, but eventually people will recognize it and you will have a longer career.
Citadel and a spin-off with Matilda De Angelis
Citadel it is only the starting point of a much broader and more global project involving various countries, including Italy. Spin-offs will be born from this spy story interconnected with the mother source: the rib series of has already been shot Citadelalways produced by the Russo Brothers, starring ours Matilda DeAngelis.
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