Between You and Mindhunter, Netflix is accumulating dramatic TV series left and right, and it's diving right back into the genre with The Queen's Gambit. In the miniseries, Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Beth Harmon, a troubled orphan on the rise as a chess prodigy in the '50s and '60s. While the historical costumes and subject matter suggest that it's a realistic period drama, the Netflix miniseries isn't based on a true story. While it has all the makings of a biopic, The Queen's Gambit is actually an adaptation of Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name, which has loose roots in reality.
What Is The Queen's Gambit About?
According to
The New York Times
, Tevis was a class-c chess player who learned how to play the game at age 7. The author died at a young age, passing away at 56 to lung cancer in 1984, the year right after The Queen's Gambit came out.
What Is The Queen's Gambit About?
According to
The New York Times
, Tevis was a class-c chess player who learned how to play the game at age 7. The author died at a young age, passing away at 56 to lung cancer in 1984, the year right after The Queen's Gambit came out.
- 10/23/2020
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
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