The Bastard Executioner

In August of 2010, Francie Calfo joined Imagine Entertainment partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard as President of Television. At Imagine, Calfo is currently executive producing the hip-hop FOX drama Empire created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, the FX drama The Bastard Executioner created by Kurt Sutter, as well as The Clan of the Cave Bear written by Linda Woolverton for Lifetime. This past year she executive produced Gang Related for FOX, as well as Those Who Kill for A&amp;E starring Chloë Sevigny and James D'Arcy. She developed and executive produced the ABC comedy series How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, starring Sarah Chalke, and the NBC drama series The Playboy Club. Beforehand, she had a multi-year deal as an independent producer at ABC Television Studios, where she sold and executive produced numerous network comedy and drama pilots including the ABC series Scoundrels.In the years prior, Calfo served as Executive Vice President of Development and Current Programming, ABC Primetime Entertainment, overseeing all scripted Comedy and Drama Development as well as Current Programming for the network. In that time, she and her team developed and shepherded some of Primetime's biggest hits, including Desperate Housewives, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty and Brothers &amp; Sisters.Previously, Calfo had her first successful stint as a producer in 2003-04, during she executive produced the ABC series Life as We Know It, which followed her work as a studio executive in Drama Development for Touchstone Television, first as a Vice President, then as Senior Vice President of Drama Series. At the studio, she oversaw all drama development and current drama programming, including C.S.I. and the critical hit Alias. Before her move to development, Calfo had been Vice President of Creative Affairs for Touchstone, overseeing all current programming, including Home Improvement, Boy Meets World, Felicity, Sportsnight and The PJs. She first joined the Walt Disney Company in the Television Research department, where she rose through the ranks to Vice President of Research for Buena Vista Television – overseeing Network television and Television Animation.Calfo graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Communications and a minor in Business.Married and a mother of three, she currently resides with her family in Santa Monica, California.

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Francie Calfo joined Imagine Entertainment partners Brian Grazer and Ron Howard as President of Television.

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Francie Calfo | The Bastard Executioner on FX

Francie Calfo | Executive Producer | The Bastard Executioner on FX

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Cast and Crew

Lee Jones portrays "Wilkin Brattle," a former warrior knight broken by the ravages of war who vows to lay down his sword for a simple agrarian life. But when his idyllic new world is shattered by a cruel English lord, Wilkin is forced to pick up the bloodiest sword of all: that of an executioner.

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Stephen Moyer portrays "Milus Crobett," Ventris’ sly and ambitious right-hand man. Milus shrewdly influences the law of the land as Ventrishire’s Chamberlain as the Baron’s most trusted advisor and strategist.

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Katey Sagal portrays "Annora of the Aiders," a prescient, mystical, and beautiful healer who serves as a counselor to Wilkin as he struggles to embrace his new identity in Ventrishire.

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Flora Spencer-Longhurst portrays "Baroness Lady Love Ventris." Born into Welsh nobility, Lady Love is as beautiful and kind as she is cunning, though her sympathy for her countrymen often conflicts with her noble rule over her fiefdom, Ventrishire.

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Sam Spruell portrays "Toran Prichard," a strong but cynical Welsh farmer who is Wilkin’s closest friend. He is forever loyal to his countrymen and will fight at whatever cost to protect them from noble abuses of power.

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Sarah Sweeney portrays "Jessamy Maddox." Broken by the relentless abuse of her husband, Gawain, Jessamy has learned to survive by straddling that thin line between fantasy and reality.

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Danny Sapani portrays "Berber the Moor," an educated noble of Moroccan decent who is Wilkin’s moral compass and steadfast comrade. His forced conversion to Catholicism deeply conflicts with his devout Muslim beliefs.

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Darren Evans portrays "Ash y Goedwig," an orphan who raised himself in the forests of west Wales. Ash is a skilled trapper with an uncanny connection to animals, but has trouble navigating in the human world. He looks up to Wilkin and Toran and longs to be a useful part of their crew.

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Kurt Sutter is the Executive Producer of The Bastard Executioner and also portrays "The Dark Mute." A former Templar knight of German descent, the Dark Mute is Annora’s deadly protector. His cloaked visage shrouds a deep, hideous secret.

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Timothy V. Murphy portrays "Father Ruskin." Priest and teacher of the Ventrishire court, Ruskin is a former Irish soldier who swapped the blade for the Bible. He is Lady Love’s counselor and confidant.

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Sarah White portrays "Isabel Kiffin." Shy and innocent, Isabel was Lady Love’s childhood companion and now remains her personal handmaiden and loyal confidant. She is the closest thing Lady Love has to a sister.

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Ethan Griffiths portrays "Luca Maddox." Forced to inherit the trade of his father, Gawain, Luca’s innocence is hardened by his bloody service in the torture chamber.

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Elen Rhys portrays "Petra Brattle," a simple yet divine beauty. Petra is Wilkin’s wife who reluctantly supports his fight against the brutal taxation of their Baron, fearing for him and their unborn baby’s future.

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