• Dominic Sherwood on doing ‘Penny Dreadful’: ‘It was a no-brainer’

    Dominic Sherwood on doing ‘Penny Dreadful’: ‘It was a no-brainer’

    British actor Dominic Sherwood is no stranger to the supernatural. His career has involved vampires (“Vampire Academy,” 2014), angels and demons (“Shadowhunters,” 2016-2019), and now Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” an ensemble period piece drama about murder and the occult set in 1938 LA, with Natalie Dormer co-starring as a shape-shifting demon. Sherwood’s character, …
  • How ‘Penny Dreadful’ adapted Day of the Dead, Nazis and religion

    How ‘Penny Dreadful’ adapted Day of the Dead, Nazis and religion

    Santiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) is the pride of his family. As “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” opens, he is receiving his detective’s badge from the Los Angeles Police Department. Vega’s promotion is a blessing and a curse. He is charged with defending the law, but that often putting Vega at odds with his brothers Raul …
  • Natalie Dormer plays four roles in ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’

    Natalie Dormer plays four roles in ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels’

    Few actors on TV this year have set themselves the task that Natalie Dormer gave herself when she agreed to appear on Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful.” The imperious Margaery Tyrell of “Game of Thrones” and vixen-like Anne Boleyn of “The Tudors” is playing four different characters over the course of 10 episodes. And not one of …