The Young Pope Season 1 -

At just 47 years old, Lenny is a conservative hardliner elected as a compromise candidate by a corrupt and liberal Vatican college of cardinals. They believe they have chosen a malleable puppet. They are violently wrong.

Let’s be clear: Without Jude Law, The Young Pope collapses. The actor delivers a performance of staggering range. In one scene, he delivers a venomous, fire-and-brimstone sermon to terrified cardinals; in the next, he kneels sobbing before a painting of a kangaroo (a maternal symbol), whispering, "I am a orphan." The Young Pope Season 1

The central conflict of Season 1 is not between the Church and the outside world, but within the Church itself. It is a psychological chess match between the new Pope and the established bureaucracy. At just 47 years old, Lenny is a

In Season 1 of , Lenny Belardo (played by Jude Law ) becomes the first American Pope, taking the name Let’s be clear: Without Jude Law, The Young Pope collapses