Inside Look
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The cast and crew share what audiences can look forward to in the epic new adaptation.
Sam Claflin, Jeremy Irons, and more cast and crew share what audiences can look forward to in the epic television adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel.
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Inside Look
Clip: Season 2026 | 2mVideo has Closed Captions
Sam Claflin, Jeremy Irons, and more cast and crew share what audiences can look forward to in the epic television adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(bright music) - For the last 15 years, I have been in prison for a crime I didn't commit.
I intend on finding out why, and when I do, I'm gonna punish those people responsible.
- "The Count of Monte Cristo" has always been one of my favorite stories.
- Every character is so complex and so incredibly well crafted.
It's a very classic telling of this story.
- Everything is there.
You really get the full deepness of the book.
- It's about human nature, which is why the story remains so vibrant today.
(Edmond screams) - Edmond is a very complicated character.
We follow him through about 20 years.
He begins his journey as a lowly sailor who's very much in love with his betrothed.
- Edmond Dantès, you're under arrest.
- [Sam] He is wrongfully convicted.
- Hold her.
- Edmond, where are they taking you?.
- I don't know.
I don't know!
- [Sam] And through his years in prison, becomes very vengeful and angry.
- I've been dreaming of revenge.
- When planning revenge, dig your own grave first.
- Truth is all that counts in the end.
- And in the beginning?
- [Sam] He's so obsessed and driven by anger.
- Revenge is a very destructive force that eats people up from the inside.
- [Edmond] The only woman I ever loved was taken from me.
- I feel like I know you from a long time ago, but I must be wrong.
- The costumes, and the hair, and beautiful sets, all the attention of the details make you travel in time.
- [Bille] It's cinematically spectacular.
- There are so many plots, and characters, and stories that are being mixed together.
- So beautifully done.
- It's an amazing story.
- I was robbed of 15 years of my life.
I want justice.
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Sam Claflin Is The Count of Monte Cristo
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Clip: S2026 | 1m 57s | Sam Claflin discusses his portrayal of this iconic character in the all-new adaptation. (1m 57s)
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Preview: S2026 | 2m | Stream the series beginning on March 1, and watch the broadcast premiere on Sunday, March 22, 10/9c. (2m)
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Preview: S2026 | 30s | Sam Claflin stars in in this new, lushly lensed adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ iconic masterpiece. (30s)
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Clip: S2026 | 2m | The cast and crew share what audiences can look forward to in the epic new adaptation. (2m)
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