Starz has cast Riley Keough as the lead for its original anthology series The Girlfriend Experience, inspired by the Steven Soderbergh film of the same name.
The episode series includes Soderbergh and Philip Fleischman as executive producers and will be written by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz. For further details, follow the jump. Beverly Hills, Calif. The series, which is inspired by the Magnolia Pictures film of the same title and executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and Philip Fleishman, explores the relationships between the exclusive courtesans and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex.
Keough will star as Christine Reade, a law student at the University of Chicago and an intern at a prestigious law firm, who is intrigued when a friend introduces her to the world of transactional relationships. Attracted to the rush of control and easy money, Christine has to confront her own conflicting identities.
She learns to navigate and manipulate the big personalities in both worlds to get what she wants, in the process becoming a quasi-lover and confidant to men who are willing to pay richly for her time, offering a service known as a GFE Girlfriend Experience. The scripted anthology series will feature 13 half-hour episodes, which will be written and directed by independent filmmakers Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz.
His other credits include Magic Mike , Contagion, and The Oceans Trilogy, among many others, and he is currently directing the second season of his television series The Knick for Cinemax.
