The Diplomat on Netflix stars Rory Kinnear as the fictional character of Nicol Trowbridge, the British Prime Minister.
The character was introduced in the very first episode of season 1 and since then, he has remained an important character. The ending of season 1 had given a chance for Kinnear to have a more developed role in season 2 and that is exactly what has happened in The Diplomat.
In the first season, it was evident that Trowbridge was more ambitious than he showed at face value.
While Kate, at first, had thought it would be easier to work with him as he appeared not to be a raging war monger, her perception changed when he openly declared in front of the press that he will avenge the death of the British soldiers by attacking Iran as they might be behind at attack on British soldiers.
This attitude changes the way he was previously perceived. He appears in season 2 as well and there is a rather shocking suspicion surrounding the character.
The article contains spoilers.
What do Kate and Dennison figure out about Nicol Trowbridge in The Diplomat Season 2?
The Diplomat Season 2 delves into the chaos that season 1 had ended with. At the beginning of this season, it is shown that Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), the US ambassador to the UK and Austin Dennison (David Gyasi), British Foreign Secretary, are both still in Paris.
These two had gone there with the mission of convincing Micky Sébastian, the French Minister of the Interior Brielle Fournier, to help them get hold of Roman Lenkov. Lenkov is a Russian mercenary who they believe was responsible for the deadly attack on HMS Courageous, the British warship.
Since there was a tip that Lenkov will be on French soil, Kate and Dennison went to Paris, hoping to capture him.
However, during her one-on-one time with Fournier, Kate is surprised to learn that there were British plans already in place to kill Lenkov. This news takes both Kate and Dennison aback as they had thought that Lenkov needed to be captured for interrogation.
As Dennison and Kate start putting the pieces together, all signs lead to Nicol Trowbridge, the British Prime Minister himself, as it seems that it was he who had hired Lenkov to blow up his own nation’s warship.
This realization along with news of blasts at London’s Notting Hill, targeting a meeting between Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell), Kate’s husband who is a currently off duty US ambassador and Merritt Grove (Simon Chandler), a British MP, set the premise of the show.
What other projects has Rory Kinnear featured in besides The Diplomat?
Rory Kinnear has appeared in various other projects apart from The Diplomat. He portrayed Bill Tanner in the Daniel Craig–era James Bond film series after he took over from Michael Kitchen.
Besides the James Bond films Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021), Rory also lent his voice to the likeness of James Bond video games GoldenEye 007 (2010), 007 Legends (2012), James Bond 007: Blood Stone (2010).
He also starred in Mike Leigh's Peterloo (2018) as Henry Hunt. His other films include:
- Detective Nock in The Imitation Game
- Ellmann in iBoy, a Netflix film
- Geoffrey and most of the other men in Men, an A24 horror film by Alex Garland
- Dave Fishwick in Bank of Dave.
Besides films, Rory Kinnear has also starred various TV films and shows, including:
- Denis Thatcher in the BBC dramatization of Margaret Thatcher's political career
- The Long Walk to Finchley, where he starred along with Samuel West and Andrea Riseborough
- Vexed, a BBC Two series, where he starred along with Toby Stephens and Lucy Punch
- Michael in Count Arthur Strong, a BBC sitcom.
The Diplomat can be streamed on Netflix.
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