Inside The Great’s Boundary-Breaking Second Season and Shocking Finale

If season one of The Great, Hulu’s genre-bending retelling of Catherine the Great’s reign, skirted the lines of historical accuracy, season two abandons it with colorful fervor. In the second chapter of this “occasionally true story,” Catherine has seized control of Russia from her politically incompetent husband, Peter. Now she must determine how to enact the sweeping reforms that her court seems poised to refute. Star Elle Fanning says the show remains committed to exploring Catherine’s errors as well as her exploits. “Yes, this is a feminist story,” Fanning tells me from the set of Hulu’s The Girl From Plainville,… Read Full Article