Medici season two (which is titled Medici: The Magnificent) will be released by Netflix tomorrow (Friday, January 25) with a mostly new cast. Richard Madden led the cast of the first series of Medici, but he is not in the new series of the Netflix show. Medici the Magnificent instead focuses on Richard Madden’s character’s grandson Lorenzo de Medici (played by Daniel Sharman).
Richard Madden is not in Medici season two because the drama has taken a time jump between series one (titled Masters of Florence) and the new run (The Magnificent).
Medici: The Magnificent begins in 1469, 20 years after the end of the first season.
The real-life character Richard Madden played in Medici: Masters of Florence, Cosimo de Medici, died five years earlier in 1464 at the age of 75.
The official plot summary for Medici season two confirms the show is following the real-life timeline.
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Richard Madden will not be in Medici season 2 (Image: NETFLIX)
The synopsis reads in part: “Medici: The Magnificent starts 20 years later [than Masters of Florence] in 1469.
“The series takes us to the heart of the Renaissance through one of the most important historical figures of all times, Lorenzo the Magnificent.”
Lorenzo’s grandfather Cosimo is now dead and his
