The Crown star looks worlds away from hit Netflix series in new BBC docu-drama

CHARLES Dance is taking connected a wholly caller situation successful the BBC’s latest humanities docu-drama, Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty.

Known for playing the commanding Lord Mountbatten successful The Crown, the histrion looks unrecognisable successful his caller relation arsenic the older mentation of Michelangelo.

Gone are his immaculate suits and intimately cropped haircuts.

Charles, 77, tin beryllium seen wearing period-accurate costumes portion representing the legendary creator successful his aboriginal years.

The histrion has besides grown retired his hairsbreadth and developed a beard for the caller role.

This BBC-PBS co-production plans to research the tumultuous satellite of Renaissance Italy.

The amusement takes spot during a clip erstwhile creation and governmental intrigue collided to make immoderate of the top masterpieces successful Western history.

Over 3 episodes viewers volition get a glimpse into the lives of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael.

The 3 artists' rivalries and collaborations fueled a 50-year originative detonation that changed the look of creation forever.

Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty is acceptable to analyse however masterpieces similar the Mona Lisa and the David were calved successful an property of unit and upheaval.

Contemporary artists Antony Gormley, Alison Lapper, and David LaChapelle volition besides marque an quality connected the amusement to connection their insights.

The bid is framed astir Michelangelo’s aboriginal years arsenic helium reflects connected his life’s triumphs and struggles during a play marked by war, governmental upheaval, and idiosyncratic rivalries.

The BBC Arts Commissioning Editor Alistair Pegg shared immoderate thoughts connected the caller project, saying: "We’re delighted to connection a caller position connected the Renaissance, arsenic this bid explores however immoderate of the astir celebrated achievements successful Western creation emerged retired of a acheronian clip of warfare and governmental turmoil."

Executive Producer Alexander Leith added: "The Renaissance is simply a pivotal infinitesimal successful the past of art, and we’re thrilled to person been capable to bring it to beingness successful specified an engaging mode – and the archer the existent communicative down immoderate of the Western world’s astir acquainted and celebrated artworks."