Mirren Mack as Lucie Manette looking concerned in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ By Christina Radish Published Oct 4, 2026, 10:15 PM EDT Christina Radish is the Senior Entertainment Reporter at Collider. Having worked at Collider for over a decade, her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in front of and behind the camera. She is a theme park fanatic, which has lead to covering various land and ride openings at the Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood , a lover of all things The Muppets and Fraggle Rock , and a huge music fan, for which she judges life by the time before Pearl Jam and the time after. She is also a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association . Sign in to your Collider account Add Us Summary Generate a summary of this story Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Listen Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for A Tale of Two Cities.
At the core of the MGM+ series A Tale of Two Cities is a love triangle that sees Lucie Manette ( Mirren Mack ) torn between Charles Darnay ( François Civil ), an aristocrat who has renounced his heritage, and Sydney Carton ( Kit Harington ), a disillusioned lawyer struggling with his own personal demons. After Charles left Lucie behind with no explanation, she decided to voice her feelings to Sydney, but he wasn’t in a place where he could give her the love she deserved. She continues to be torn between the two men until Charles ultimately steps up, and they build a life together until that life is threatened by his arrest in Paris at the height of the Revolution. When a trial uncovers shocking revelations that tear him away from a pregnant Lucie and sentences him to death, Sydney decides to make the ultimate sacrifice.
After watching the season of this classic adaptation , Collider got the opportunity to chat with Mack about the story’s tortured love triangle, the moment that Lucie initiates intimacy with Sydney and the little bit of improvisation they shared, shooting the heartbreaking scene when their relationship fell apart , and the gut punch when Lucie realized that reuniting with Charles meant that Sydney sacrificed himself.
Mirren Mack as Lucie Manette looking pensive in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ François Civil as Charles Darnay standing in a bar with Kit Harington as Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ Kit Harington as Sydney Carton sitting on a chair in an empty decaying room in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ Charles Darnay sitting in a chair with his arm resting on a table in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ Kit Harington as Sydney Carton leaning on the top of a bar next to a drink and a bottle in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ Close Mirren Mack as Lucie Manette looking pensive in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ François Civil as Charles Darnay standing in a bar with Kit Harington as Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ Kit Harington as Sydney Carton sitting on a chair in an empty decaying room in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ Charles Darnay sitting in a chair with his arm resting on a table in A Tale of Two Cities Image via MGM+ Kit Harington as Sydney Carton leaning on the top of a bar next to a drink and a bottle in A Tale of Two Cities Image via…