The Buccaneers: Leighton Meester Joins Season 2 Cast
Former Gossip Girl Leighton Meester is likely to catch wind of some 1800s rumors in her new role.
The actress has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s The Buccaneers for Season 2, TVLine has learned. Details about her character are currently unavailable — but you can see her on set, in costume, in the video reveal below:
Inspired by author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name, the first season of the show followed “a group of fun-loving young American girls” as they “exploded into the tightly corseted London of the 1870s…setting hearts racing and kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash,” per the official synopsis.
Season 1 ended with Nan (played by Kristine Frøseth) marrying Theo (Guy Remmers) and gaining the duchess title to protect both her sister Jinny (Imogen Waterhouse) and mother Patti (Christina Hendricks), who’ve left their respective spouses. This was after Nan professed her love to Guy (Matthew Broome) and had chosen him over the Duke of Tintagel.
In Season 2, “the Buccaneers are no longer the invaders – England is their home. In fact they’re practically running the place. Nan is the Duchess of Tintagel, the most influential woman in the country. Conchita (Alisha Boe) is Lady Brightlingsea, heroine to a wave of young American heiresses. And Jinny is on every front-page, wanted for the kidnap of her unborn child,” the description continues. “All of the girls have been forced to grow up and now have to fight to be heard, as they wrestle with romance, lust, jealousy, births and deaths… themes consuming all women of any age, no matter what year it is. Last time we got a taste of England. This time we’re in for a veritable feast.”
The ensemble also includes Josie Totah as Mabel Elmsworth, Aubri Ibrag as Lizzy Elmsworth, Mia Threapleton as Honoria Marable, Josh Dylan as Lord Richard Marable and Barney Fishwick as Lord James Seadown.
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In addition to her breakout role as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, Meester’s TV credits include Single Parents, Making History and, most recently, Hulu’s How I Met Your Father, as well as the 2023 Amazon Freevee holiday movie EXmas.
