The Gilded Age favourite teases "rude awakening" for Bertha Russell with her troubled marriage in season 4

Will the marriage of George and Bertha Russell survive The Gilded Age season 4?

The HBO drama ended its previous season with George Russell (Morgan Spector) walking out on wife Bertha (Carrie Coon), rejecting her for her machinations in the lives of their children, especially.

George himself had seen his life hanging in the balance after being shot, and his sobering clarity afterwards left his future with Bertha in a precarious place.

Speaking to Radio Times ahead of the premiere of The Gilded Age season 4, actress Carrie Coon teased where the Russells are at the start of the fourth run and where we can expect their marriage to go.

“Well, she starts off really focused on Gladys, hoping, I think, that time will heal all wounds, and that doesn't prove to be the case,” warns the actress.

“As it turns out, Bertha will need to leverage a tremendous intervention, both literal and figurative, to get things back on track.”

However, George’s own personal troubles going forward look set to rock Bertha too.

“She doesn't realise how unmoored George has become,” reveals Carrie, “and so it's a pretty rude awakening for her.”

However, do not lose hope, Bertha and George fans, as we can look forward to Bertha coming out fighting for her family, as always.

Coon added: “In true Bertha mode, she's a woman of action. She has a plan, and she goes for it, and she sacrifices herself again.”

Despite situations where the actress feels that George “humiliates” Bertha, “she still chooses him”.

We can expect Bertha to work “very hard” to “preserve him and their marriage”.

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The new run of episodes sees much of the cast of characters from the show return, along with some new additions, including 24 legend Dennis Haysbert.

Meanwhile, Coon will soon be seen in her new film The Liberation, where she plays a woman drawn into a cult led by a character played by Lily James.

The actress is winning plaudits for her performance and is currently being predicted to receive an Oscar nomination, but how does Coon feel about awards attention?

"It's always gratifying to be in that conversation because it means your art is being consumed," notes Coon.

The Gilded Age season 4 premieres on Sunday 1 November on HBO and stream on HBO Max at 9pm ET/PT in the US and will premiere on Monday 2 November on Sky TV and NOW in the UK. You can sign up to NOW from £4.99 a month.

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