Josh Hartnett and Eva Green - 'Penny Dreadful' Character Profile Videos

Josh Hartnett and Eva Green star in Showtime's upcoming series Penny Dreadful.

The cast talks about Josh Hartnett's character Ethan Chandler and Eva Green's character Vanessa Ives. Vanessa is the heart and soul of the show, while Ethan, well you know, goes shirtless every once in a while.

Series premiere Sunday May 11, 2014 on Showtime.

Josh Hartnett is Ethan Chandler

Eva Green is Vanessa Ives

Teaser

In PENNY DREADFUL, some of literature's most famously terrifying characters -- including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and iconic figures from the novel Dracula, all brilliantly reimagined in a whole new light -- have become embroiled in Victorian London. The series is a frightening psychosexual thriller created, written and executive produced by Logan and executive produced by Logan's Desert Wolf Productions, along with Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road,Call The Midwife), both of Neal Street. Of the eight episodes, the first two will be directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, who helmed The Orphanage and the acclaimed film, The Impossible starring Naomi Watts in her Oscar-nominated performance. PENNY DREADFUL stars Josh Hartnett (Black Hawk Down), Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights,License to Kill) and Eva Green (Casino Royale). Reeve Carney (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Billie Piper (Doctor Who, Secret Diary of a Call Girl), Danny Sapani (The Bill) and Harry Treadaway (The Lone Ranger) also star.