HBO is standing on the right side of history and bringing The Gilded Age back for season three. What can we expect besides, um ..
. great gowns, beautiful gowns ? Well, the fashion is just one reason to love this campy show set in late-19th-century New York high society. (Lucky for you, Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk has helpfully compiled a list of 11 such reasons .
) On June 17, we got a peek behind the curtain into season three; the logline reads, “The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic and social change, when huge fortunes were made and lost overnight. With the old guard officially deposed, New York society finds itself turned upside down, and all must get their house in order. But even those at the helm of this new era may find that change comes at a cost.
” Does this economic change mean seeing Cynthia Nixon stepping into her role as a rich boss lady? Here’s everything we know about season three of The Gilded Age, including its newest cast members . JP Morgan is finally showing up in the era that made him rich, rich, rich. On August 12, HBO announced that Bill Camp would play the investment banker who’ll “find himself at odds” with George Russell over the railroad industry’s future.
He’s joined by another businessman, Alfred Merrick, played by Paul Alexander Nolan, who the Russells hope to get a business deal from. While they are not of Costco variety, the Kirklands are a high-society family with a doctor son — who will probably be a.