Pour the whiskey and bring the Range Rover out front. The Duke of Halstead is back to work — and this time, he knows what he wants: “everything.”

When Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen returns on Sept. 3, a year will have passed since Eddie Horniman (Theo James) became the reluctant heir to his aristocratic family’s rambling estate. Now, after joining forces with Susie Glass (Kaya Scodelario) and her luxuriously incarcerated father, Bobby (Ray Winstone), Eddie is discovering that being a power player in the criminal underworld fits him like an immaculately tailored suit.

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Theo James as Eddie Horniman

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Ray Winstone as Bobby Glass

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Kaya Scodelario as Susie Glass

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“I think Eddie is extremely aspirational,” executive producer and co-writer Matthew Read tells Tudum. “He wants more.” 

As you can see in the teaser above, “more” is a lot. The new season takes Eddie and Susie’s operation out from a buried cannabis farm underneath Halstead to the lakeside villas of Italy, where the power duo is establishing a foothold.

“They’re operating in Italy under the radar,” says Read. But it’s hard to stay unnoticed while climbing the criminal food chain. This brings Eddie into the orbit of Marco Moretti (Sergio Castellitto), a powerful Italian crime boss who Read describes as “extremely ruthless and elegant,” and the mercurial fixer Cico Maldini (Michele Morrone). “[Cico] is the man they’re entrusting to help them navigate their criminal enterprise in Italy, but he’s not a man to be trusted,” says Read. 

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Sergio Castellitto as Marco Moretti

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Benedetta Porcaroli as Bella 

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Michele Morrone as Cico Maldini 

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Eddie is also raising his profile within the world of the legit establishment, and all his alliances are tested. “The risk is, does he want too much?” asks Read. “Will he lose his soul in his quest to ascend?”

Through all the life-or-death dealmaking, betrayals, and grabs at unspeakable amounts of money and influence, the season focuses on Eddie and Susie’s complicated bond — and their often conflicting motivations. “There is great connection between them,” Read says. “In order to deepen that connection, we threw a lot of obstacles at them, and yet their affection and connection always comes through that.”

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Scodelario as Susie Glass and James as Eddie Horniman

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Joely Richardson as Lady Sabrina

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Vinnie Jones as Geoff Seacombe and Morrone as Cico Maldini

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Cast members who’ll be returning for Season 2 include Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie, The Crown), Joely Richardson (Renegade Nell, One Day), Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch), Jasmine Blackborow (Legends, Marie Antoinette), Michael Vu (Sumotherhood, In the Grey), Harry Goodwins (One Spoon of Chocolate, Sunset Drive), Ruby Sear, Pearce Quigley (Detectorists, Showtrial), and Giancarlo Esposito (The Residence, Captain America: Brave New World).

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Hugh Bonneville as Lord Hawthorne and Harry Goodwins as Jack Glass

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Amra Mallassi as Amir and Maya Jama as Aisha

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New players stacking the cast include Hugh Bonneville (I Came By, The Agency), Benjamin Clementine (Dune, Blitz), Benedetta Porcaroli (The Leopard, Amanda), Amra Mallassi (Dune: Part Two, Hijack), Tyler Conti (Tell Me Everything, Safe), British professional boxer Chris Eubank Jr., and broadcaster and entrepreneur Maya Jama.

The Gentlemen Season 2 premieres Sept. 3, only on Netflix.

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