Netflix's Age of Innocence Limited Series Lands Fantastic Beasts Star as Casting Heats Up
Netflix’s limited series The Age of Innocence is ramping up, adding Fantastic Beasts alum Fiona Glascott, Belinda Bromilow, and more to the cast of its Edith Wharton adaptation announced in April 2025, with The White Queen’s Emma Frost attached.
Netflix is loading up its limited series take on Edith Wharton with more familiar faces, and yep, it sounds like a juicy period love triangle is front and center.
New cast locked in
Per THR, three more actors have signed on as series regulars in Netflix's 'Age of Innocence' (the adaptation of Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence'):
- Fiona Glascott ('Fantastic Beasts') as Augusta Welland
- Belinda Bromilow as Adeline Archer
- Emma Shipp as Janey Archer
They join the already announced ensemble that includes Kristine Froseth, Margo Martindale, Camila Morrone, Ben Radcliffe, Will Tudor, and Steven Pacey.
What this version is doing
Netflix announced the limited series in April 2025. Emma Frost, who ran 'The White Queen', is the showrunner here. The pitch: a complicated love triangle set in the 1920s. That last bit is a notable swing — Wharton's novel is famously set in the 1870s Gilded Age, so moving the story up a few decades changes the social temperature in interesting ways. Ballrooms and bedrooms, still very much in play.
"The Age of Innocence explores themes of freedom, duty, identity, and love in all its forms. This fresh take is true to Wharton's novel but will speak to a new generation as we traverse the ballrooms and bedrooms of these young people, asking the question, what is love - and what is lust? And should we ultimately be driven by our heads or by our hearts?"
Translation: expect a faithful spine with modern sensibilities and a lot of feelings colliding with social rules.
A little context
Wharton’s story has history on screen: Martin Scorsese adapted it into a 1993 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder. Netflix, for its part, loves a literary makeover. As VP of drama Jinny Howe put it when the series was announced, these kinds of adaptations can bring in new audiences and even send people back to the original book. No argument here — and with this cast continuing to grow, the streamer clearly sees potential.