American TV series "Blood and Oil": actors, roles, short story

In the American TV series "Blood and Oil" actorsplay on the screens of serious passions: in the Wild West, new oil fields are opening, and ambitious main characters are entering the battle for the right to possess "black gold." Who was the creator of this film and which American actors played the main roles in it?

"Blood and oil": actors, short story

"Blood and Oil" first appeared on the screens in September 2015. The series was withdrawn by the order of the television channel "ABC", the creators of the project were Josh Pate and Rhodes Fishburne.

In the film "Blood and Oil" actors immerseviewers in the fictional proposed circumstances: ostensibly in the west of the United States were discovered new deposits, and the entire population of the country was affected by the fever of "black gold." Crowds of adventurers and scoundrels rushed to the Wild West to snatch at least a small fraction of their natural wealth, which in the future can provide millions of revenues.

The main characters of the picture are the oil tycoons Hap(Don Johnson) and Carla Briggs (Ember Valletta), who were able to create a huge oil empire. The whole plot of the series is devoted to the peculiarities of their life and business. The problems of relationships within the Briggs family are also covered.

The first series of "Blood and Oil" was watched by sixmillions of viewers, which is very good. The audience of the second series was reduced by one million, and already the third and fourth episodes showed that it would be uninteresting for spectators to follow developments. Therefore, the owners of the television company ABC dramatically reduced the number of episodes ordered to ten. In fact, this means the closing of the series, which will take place in early 2016.

"Blood and oil": actors and roles. Don Johnson as Hap Briggs

Hap Briggs is the central character in the storythe film "Blood and Oil." Hap - a typical alpha male: sharp, brutal, irresistible, has a business grip. In just a few years, he managed to build his oil empire, stretched out in the wild West.

But Hap does not all things go so smoothly: he is constantly immersed in cares about his business, so the family of the oil tycoon has accumulated for all these years a lot of problems. The main splinter in the ideal picture of family life is the son of Hap, who is beaten by the hand, named Vic. As the conflict between fathers and children develops, viewers will be able to see in all subsequent series of the film.

Actors of the series "Blood and Oil" - personswell known on American television. Don Johnson, who received the role of brutal Hap, is known for his role in the series "Detective Nash Bridges", as well as the films "Machete", "Once in Rome" and "Django Liberated."

If Johnson at one time was not carried away by actingskill, today he could have been able to wander the time in a prison: even at school, Don had problems with the law. But his teacher on time noticed the boy's artistic talents and beat him a theatrical scholarship in one of the universities. So Don Johnson got carried away with motion pictures.

Ember Valletta as Carla Briggs

The series "Blood and Oil" allowed once again to appear on the screens of supermodel Ember Vallette.

Once, Ember was a famous top model - one of the first who stepped onto the podium in the early 90's. Magazine Vogue more than forty times posted her photo on the cover. Perhaps, it can be called a record.

But Valletta did not immediately cope with the surgingher fame: the girl soon sat down on drugs. By 2000, the modeling career was on the decline, so Ember moved to the cinema. At first, only episodic roles were trusted to her: for example, in the movie Perfume, What Hides the Lie, Family, etc. In 2005, the former model received a major role in the comedy with Will Smith: . Then there was "Carrier 2" with Jason Stethhem and "Gamer" with Gerard Butler.

With ABC, Ember began collaborating in 2014, starring in the project "Revenge". And in 2015, the company's management entrusted her with the role of a glamorous villain in the television series "Blood and Oil."

Chase Crawford as Billy Lefebvre

The series "Blood and Oil" tells the audience andthe story of Billy Lefebvre's enrichment. At the beginning of the film, Billy comes to Rock Springs with his wife. They dream that they will soon become rich and will not need anything. But the situation develops so that their dreams can remain only dreams.

Everything is decided by chance: Billy accidentally finds out that under a certain farm there are real oil deposits. He manages to buy this ranch earlier than Hap Briggs manages to come to his senses. As a result, Billy resells the Happu estate for millions and is enriched in an instant.

Chase Crawford, who played the role of Billy, is known to many viewers for projects such as "Deal with the Devil" and "Gossip Girl".

Other performers of roles

In the film "Blood and Oil" actors Scott Michael Foster (Law and Order: Los Angeles) and Miranda Ray Mayo ("Lovely Deceivers") play the spoiled children of Hap and Carla Briggs.

In the image of Bill's wife appeared Rebecca Rittenhouse("Red bracelets"). Also in the frame you can see India de Beaufort ("In the style of Jane"), Adana Kanto ("X-Men: Days of the Past"), Delroy Lindo ("Gone in 60 Seconds") and Lolita Davidovich ("The Circle").

Reviews about the show

As it became known, in early 2016 producers of the channel "ABC" will close the series "Blood and Oil": reviews about the film are too negative. More precisely, not even reviews, and ratings say the quality of the plot is more eloquent: if the pilot series was expressed by the desire to see 6.36 million viewers, then the seventh episode was already watching 3.4 million. Without waiting for them to go into negative, the producers of the series turned it down production. By that time, only ten episodes of the film were shot.