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''The Veil'' is an American thriller television
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written by
Steven Knight Steven Knight (born 5 August 1959) is a British screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He wrote the screenplays for the films ''Closed Circuit (2013 film), Closed Circuit'', ''Dirty Pretty Things (film), Dirty Pretty Thi ...
, produced by
FX Productions FX Productions, LLC (FXP) is an American television and in-house production company owned by FX Networks, a division of the Disney Entertainment unit of The Walt Disney Company. It was also known in copyright as Bluebush Productions from 2007 ...
, and starring
Elisabeth Moss Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor and director. The recipient of several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a nomination for a Tony Award, she was named the "Queen of P ...
and
Yumna Marwan Yumna Marwan () is a Lebanese television and film actress. Early life Born in Lebanon to Lebanese Druze parents, Marwan grew up in Beirut before moving to Iowa in the United States as a teenager. She graduated with a degree in Anthropology from ...
. The series premiered on
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on April 30, 2024.


Premise

A thriller series about a potentially deadly game of truth and lies as two women travel from Istanbul to Paris and London, with one of them possessing a secret that the other needs to expose.


Cast


Main

*
Elisabeth Moss Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor and director. The recipient of several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a nomination for a Tony Award, she was named the "Queen of P ...
as Imogen Salter, a veteran
MI6 The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...
agent with a specialty in undercover work *
Yumna Marwan Yumna Marwan () is a Lebanese television and film actress. Early life Born in Lebanon to Lebanese Druze parents, Marwan grew up in Beirut before moving to Iowa in the United States as a teenager. She graduated with a degree in Anthropology from ...
as Adilah El Idrissi, a French woman suspected of being an
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leader planning an attack on the West * Dali Benssalah as Malik Amar, an agent with French intelligence agency DGSE and Salter's boyfriend *
Josh Charles Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American film, television, and theater actor. He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on '' Sports Night, '' Will Gardner on '' The Good Wife'', which earned him two Primetime Emmy Awar ...
as Max Peterson, an obnoxious
CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
agent collaborating with Amar and Salter *
Thibault de Montalembert Thibault Charles Marie Septime de Montalembert (born 10 February 1962) is a French theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series '' The Tunnel'' (2013–2018) and '' Call My Agent!'' (2015� ...
as Magritte, Amar's superior at DGSE


Guest starring

*
James Purefoy James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series ''Rome'', Nick Jenkins in '' A Dance to the Music of Time'', college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series '' The Fo ...
as Sir Michael Althorp, Imogen's mentor *
Dan Wyllie Daniel Wyllie (born 1970) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre. Early life Wyllie grew up on Sydney's North Shore. He attended North Sydney Demonstration School and North Sydney Boys High School wh ...
as Guy, Imogen's
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(UNICRI) contact * Joana Ribeiro as Sandrina, another associate of Imogen, also at UNICRI *
Haluk Bilginer Nihat Haluk Bilginer (; born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor. For his role in ''Şahsiyet'' (2018), Bilginer won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards. His movie ''Wi ...
as Mr. Demir * Alec Secăreanu as Emir *
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith (born 23 August 1977) is a Ghanaian-English actor. He has played roles in films, including Father Richard Emery in '' Ghost Stories'' (2017), Oliver in '' The Commuter'', Templeton Frye in '' Mary Poppins Returns'' ...
as Johnson * Nadia Larbioune as Nour * Keyla and Neyla Bara as Yasmina, Nour's niece * Phill Langhorne * Aron von Andrian


Episodes


Production


Development

The project was announced in August 2022, and marks the fourth series
Steven Knight Steven Knight (born 5 August 1959) is a British screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He wrote the screenplays for the films ''Closed Circuit (2013 film), Closed Circuit'', ''Dirty Pretty Things (film), Dirty Pretty Thi ...
has made with FX Productions. Knight also acts as executive producer.
Elisabeth Moss Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor and director. The recipient of several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a nomination for a Tony Award, she was named the "Queen of P ...
is also executive producer via her Love & Squalor production company for whom Lindsey McManus is also an executive producer.
Denise Di Novi Denise Di Novi is an American film producer and director. Early life She is the daughter of jazz musician Gene DiNovi. When Di Novi was three years old, her family moved to Los Angeles from New York, where her father had been a Bebop jazz music ...
and
Nina Tassler Nina Tassler is an American film and television executive and producer. She was most recently the chairwoman of CBS Entertainment until 2015. Life and career Tassler was born in New York City to a Jewish father and a Puerto Rican mother who conve ...
of PatMa Productions also executive produce.


Casting

Elisabeth Moss was confirmed in the lead role in August 2022. Moss has stated that developing an authentic British accent and practicing the action and stunt choreography to make her character believable was more challenging than any previous role. She started learning the accent several months before filming began. In February 2023,
Josh Charles Joshua Aaron Charles (born September 15, 1971) is an American film, television, and theater actor. He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on '' Sports Night, '' Will Gardner on '' The Good Wife'', which earned him two Primetime Emmy Awar ...
, Dali Benssalah, and
Yumna Marwan Yumna Marwan () is a Lebanese television and film actress. Early life Born in Lebanon to Lebanese Druze parents, Marwan grew up in Beirut before moving to Iowa in the United States as a teenager. She graduated with a degree in Anthropology from ...
joined the cast. In March 2023,
Haluk Bilginer Nihat Haluk Bilginer (; born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor. For his role in ''Şahsiyet'' (2018), Bilginer won the International Emmy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards. His movie ''Wi ...
was added to the cast. The cast also includes Alec Secareanu,
Thibault de Montalembert Thibault Charles Marie Septime de Montalembert (born 10 February 1962) is a French theatre, film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the television series '' The Tunnel'' (2013–2018) and '' Call My Agent!'' (2015� ...
,
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith (born 23 August 1977) is a Ghanaian-English actor. He has played roles in films, including Father Richard Emery in '' Ghost Stories'' (2017), Oliver in '' The Commuter'', Templeton Frye in '' Mary Poppins Returns'' ...
,
James Purefoy James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Marcus Antonius in the HBO series ''Rome'', Nick Jenkins in '' A Dance to the Music of Time'', college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series '' The Fo ...
, Joana Ribeiro, Phill Langhorne,
Dan Wyllie Daniel Wyllie (born 1970) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre. Early life Wyllie grew up on Sydney's North Shore. He attended North Sydney Demonstration School and North Sydney Boys High School wh ...
, Aron von Andrian, and Dali Benssalah.


Filming

Filming took place in
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, which wrapped in March 2023. Other filming locations include Paris and London. Filming took place in
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, England in May 2023, with locations including
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. Whilst filming a stunt in
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, Moss fractured a vertebra in her spine.


Release

The series was shown on
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in the United States, premiering on April 30, 2024, with a two episode premiere,
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in Latin America and
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under the
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banner internationally.


Reception


Viewership

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, a guide to streaming content with access to data from more than 20 million users around the world, estimated that ''The Veil'' was the third most-streamed series in the U.S. from April 29 to May 5. The streaming aggregator Reelgood, which tracks 20 million monthly viewing decisions across all streaming platforms in the U.S., calculated that ''The Veil'' was the ninth most-streamed show in the U.S. for the week ending May 29.


Critical response

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website
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reported a 54% approval rating with an average rating of 5.7/10, based on 35 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "
Elisabeth Moss Elisabeth Singleton Moss (born July 24, 1982) is an American actor and director. The recipient of several accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a nomination for a Tony Award, she was named the "Queen of P ...
' dramatic power remains undiminished with another arresting performance, but ''The Veil''s clunky storytelling doesn't live up to its star's chops."
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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 52 out of 100 based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Aramide Tinubu of ''
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'' praised the series as 'gripping', commending Moss' performance, the action and the pacing. Robert Lloyd of the ''Los Angeles Times'' said 'As a spy story, it’s a decent example of its kind, but as a dramatic two-hander, fueled by subtle performances from Moss and Marwan, it’s pretty terrific.'
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of ''
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'' was more mild in his praise, also praising Moss and the action sequences but questioning the balance between spy thriller and psychological drama. Daniel Fienberg of ''
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'' complimented the opening and Moss, but felt that ' ''The Veil'' first becomes perfunctory — ''Homeland''-lite — before fizzling entirely in its concluding episodes, in which almost none of its twisty reveals hits deeply on either a plot or character level.' Benjamin Lee of ''
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'' awarded the first episode one star out of five, dubbing it 'a bafflingly bad time-waster' and criticizing the plot and acting. Saloni Gajjar of ''
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'' was also harsh, dubbing the series 'boring and aimless'.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Veil (miniseries), The 2020s American television miniseries 2024 American television series debuts 2024 American television series endings American thriller television series FX on Hulu original programming Television shows filmed in France Television shows set in Istanbul Television shows set in London Television shows set in Paris Television shows set in Kent Television shows shot in Kent Television shows filmed in Turkey Television series created by Steven Knight