“The way Edith Wharton wrote it was in the modernizing of it,” Katherine Jakeways tells EW.
And Jakeaways credits the source material forThe Buccaneers' modern flair.
“It was never a, ‘Oh, let’s try and do something likeBridgerton.’
The ladies of ‘The Buccaneers’.Apple TV+
But obviously, we were aware of it and I’ve admired so much of what they’ve done.
Producer Beth Willis first broughtThe Buccaneersto Jakeways, who was drawn to the relatable storytelling.
“I immediately fell in love with the world of it and the characters,” she says.
Kristine Frøseth in ‘The Buccaneers’.Apple TV+
The characters were all there on the page, the young women particularly.”
Much of the show’s modern voice comes from the juxtaposition of the ebullient Americans and the stuffy Brits.
The BuccaneersandBridgertonare hardly the first to introduce modern pop music and actors of color into historical storytelling.
Lately, it seems to be everywhere fromDickinsontoHamilton.
It’s like you’re reading a history book which doesn’t quite relate to you.
and behaving in the way that every young woman in history has ever behaved.”
Jakeways wants viewers to understand that we have more in common with historical characters than we might think.
The first three episodes ofThe Buccaneersare now streaming on Apple TV+.
