The Many Sassy Faces of Jeremy Irons in The Borgias

And now, a list of cinema's great saucy minxes: Louise Brooks, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Angelina Jolie, and best of all, Jeremy Irons. The august British actor has made a career of dignified sneers -- even winning an Oscar for stamping a permanent sneer on Sunny von Bulow's face in Reversal of Fortune -- and his new role in Showtime's The Borgias (premiering April 3) adds to his scoff empire. Join us for a narrated tour of saucy, saucy stills from the new series, where Irons plays Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the infamous Italian crime family who bought his way to the Papacy. All the hail the Pope of Poses!

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