Exclusive: National Treasure: Edge of History cast interviews
Currently playing on Disney+ is the Original series “National Treasure: Edge of History,” based on the hit film franchise. The series stars Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lisette Olivera, Zuri Reed, Antonio Cipriano, Jordan Rodrigues, Jake Austin Walker, and Lyndon Smith.
Harvey Keitel (“Pulp Fiction”), who played Peter Sadusky in the “National Treasure” film franchise, will join the series as a guest star in the same role.
Jerry Bruckheimer, Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed executive produce the series alongside Rick Muirragui, who also serves as a writer. Jon Turteltaub is also an executive producer. Mira Nair is directing and executive producing.
Jess Valenzuela’s ((Lisette Olivera) life is turned upside down when an enigmatic stranger gives her a clue to a centuries-old treasure that might be connected to her long-dead father. Jess has a knack for solving puzzles, and her skills are put to the test as she and her friends follow a series of clues hidden in American artifacts and landmarks. But can Jess outsmart a black-market antiquities dealer in a race to find history’s greatest lost treasure and unbury the truth about her family’s past?
Zuri Reed plays as Tasha, Jess' ride-or-die friend who joins the treasure hunt but is forced to reevaluate her belief system to help her best friend; Antonio Cipriano is Oren, a lovable but self-obsessed goofball with an encyclopedic knowledge of conspiracy theories that attempts to win back Tasha's affections; Jordan Rodrigues is Ethan, Jess' childhood best friend who has loved her since the day they met; Jake Austin Walker plays Liam, a swoon-worthy struggling musician, with a permanent chip on his shoulder, who comes from a long line of treasure hunters; Catherine Zeta-Jones is Billie, a badass billionaire, black-market antiquities expert and treasure hunter who lives by her own code; and Lyndon Smith plays FBI Agent Ross, a dogged investigator who begins to realize there’s a greater conspiracy at hand.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales spoke with cast members Lisette Olivera, Zuri Reed, Lyndon Smith, Antonio Cipriano, Austin Walker, and Jordan Rodrigues about the series.