A Gentleman in Moscow Trivia | 35 facts about the mini series

“A Gentleman in Moscow” is a new British limited series starring Ewan McGregor that premiered on Paramount+.

Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the limited series.

1. A Gentleman in Moscow is a British television limited series for Showtime and Paramount+
2. It is based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Amor Towles
3. Ben Vanstone is writer, executive producer, and showrunner
4. The series stars Ewan McGregor
5. He portrays the role of Count Alexander Rostov
6. The series premiered on 29 March 2024
7. After recently returning to Russia from Paris, aristocrat Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov spends decades banished to an attic hotel room following the October Revolution
8. After being sentenced to house arrest by a Bolshevik tribunal
9. In August 2017, it was reported that a limited series based on the book was in development at Entertainment One
10. In April 2018, it was announced that Kenneth Branagh would star as Count Rostov in the television series, and that Tom Harper would direct it
11. In August 2022, it was announced that Ewan McGregor had replaced Branagh in the role of Count Rostov, and that it would be released on Paramount+ internationally and Showtime in the US
12. In November 2022, it was revealed Sam Miller would direct and executive produce the project
13. Ben Vanstone was announced as writer, executive producer and show runner
14. Nessah Muthy has been a script-writer on the miniseries
15. On 22 February 2023, Mary Elizabeth Winstead was added to the cast as Anna Urbanova
16. In March 2023, Leah Harvey, Johnny Harris, Paul Ready, Alexa Goodall, John Heffernan, Lyès Salem, Fehinti Balogun, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Dee Ahluwalia and Anastasia Hille joined the cast
17. A Gentleman in Moscow is adapted from the novel of the same name by Amor Towles
18. However, in a change from the book, the role of Anna Urbanova has expanded in the series
19. Writer Ben Vanstone said that, while the “novel is necessarily very count-focused”, it does not give “that broad an impression of Anna’s life away from the count”
20. Vanstone said that a reason for expanding Anna’s role was to give the character “more agency through the story”
21. Ewan McGregor was involved in creating the look of Count Rostov alongside Sam Miller and Ben Vanstone
22. During the rehearsal period for the series in London, McGregor got his hair permed and dyed it dark brown
23. Over time, the color began to fade which McGregor believed was “conducive to his aging”
24. Filming began in Victoria Square outside Bolton Town Hall in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, on 27 February 27 2023
25. It took place into March 2023
26. And returned in April 2023
27. Liverpool Town Hall was used as a filming location in June 2023
28. Filming also took place in Halifax, West Yorkshire and Leeds Civic Hall in May 2023
29. Before it was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
30. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating
31. Based on 22 critic reviews
32. The critic’s consensus reads: “Illuminated by Ewan McGregor’s debonair performance, A Gentleman in Moscow is a rewarding and whimsical portrait of a life blossoming under constraining circumstances”
33. Metacritic assigned it a score of 73 out of 100
34. Based on 20 critics
35. Indicating “generally favorable reviews”