Billy The Kid Trailer

About Billy The Kid

Billy The Kid is a romantic adventure based on the life of American outlaw Billy The Kid (Tom Blyth), also known as William H. Bonney. The series will cover his Irish roots to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger. Finally, the series will cover his pivotal role in the Lincoln Country War and beyond.

Daniel Webber plays Jesse Evans. Jesse is another famous outlaw and leader of the Seven Rivers Gang. Jesse has already embraced a life of crime. So when he meets Jesse, is is attracted to his wild and reckless character.

At this point, William H. Bonney becomes Billy The Kid. This is his shadow self, forever inviting him to the darker side of life.

Billy the Kid has always been a hero of mine since I was – well, a kid! I grew up in the North of England but it made no difference! Billy was a special kind of outlaw. For a start he was so young – and for another thing, he wasn’t a psychopath who enjoyed killing, nor a criminal who robbed for material gain. He was an outlaw most of his life, but he never wanted to be. Born into a poor Irish family of immigrants, he always wanted to go straight, to be a “new American”. But he was never allowed to.

Billy’s story is much more than a fantastic drama about a charismatic cowboy – although it is that!  It’s also the story of the immigrant, and the story of the creation of the new America from the lawless, violent chaos of the mid-West and its many nations. So in the end it’s not just a story at all – it’s an American myth!

Michael Hirst (Writer & Executive Producer)

Watch the series premiere of Billy The Kid exclusively on Epix.

Website: https://www.epix.com/series/billy-the-kid

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