Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless is returning to the sword-and-sandal genre in Starz’s new series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Lawless will portray Lucretia, one of the owners of prisoner-turned-gladiator Spartacus, who’ll be played by Australian newcomer Andy Whitfield. The series is being executive produced by Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, and Joshua Donen and will premiere on Starz in January 2010.
Mar 30
2009
07:01 PM ET
Lucy Lawless joins cast of Starz's 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'
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Sounds great!
i love Andy Whitfield, but the only thing I’ve seen him in is Gabriel. I can’t wait, this is gonna be so much fun!
Lucy Lawless is great at playing the sinister-clever role, hope her character goes in that direction, as opposed to a sterotypical sex-bomb owner. Of course, she’s very hot, but her ‘evil Xena’ was some of her best. She’s missed in a series.