Leonardo da Vinci, as played by Aidan Turner in new period drama
Leonardo, is a man out of his time. He imagines the world from above, sees pioneering cinematic compositions on blank walls, designs war machines that will not be fully realised by other minds until centuries later. Yet this Leonardo is also erratic, and hamstrung by his quest for perfection.
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It is true that the painter often delayed and procrastinated, taking years to complete many of his famous works and leaving countless more unfinished. Bringing humanity to the universally accepted fact of Leonardo’s genius is a new drama, written by Frank Spotnitz and Steve Thompson. But how do you create a 21st-century drama that conveys the ground-breaking nature of Leonardo’s work?
Poldark star Aidan Turner and
The Good Doctor s Freddie Highmore are set to be key guests on a podcast about their new series
The Amazon Prime Video series follows the titular Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci, played by Turner, while Highmore takes on the role of Stefano Giraldi.
An eight-part podcast,
Leonardo: The Official Podcast, is now set to coincide with the show s launch next week, taking a deep dive behind-the-scenes with presenter Angellica Bell. Sony Pictures
Fans will also discover more about da Vinci s art and life from expert curators and historians, examining why he s still such an important figure hundreds of years later.