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Netflix confirms Thai drama 'Empress of Flames' for December

Netflix says the Thai drama, from Kantana Motion Pictures, arrives worldwide on December third, with a logline about a princess and her vengeance; tissues optional.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt's fine. Netflix has confirmed a Thai historical drama called Empress of Flames, arriving worldwide on December third, only on Netflix.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe official logline says a fallen princess trades her virtue for vengeance, ready to spill the blood of those she once trusted.

  3. Saskia BoudreauxYes. I relate to that deeply. My last group chat ended exactly that way, and the person I trusted was my publicist.

  4. Saskia BoudreauxAnd I forgave her.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDid the blood get spilled?

  6. Saskia BoudreauxOnly emotionally. She still has my number, but I changed her contact name to something unprintable. And I forgave her.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe series comes from Kantana Motion Pictures, the production house behind Master of the House, and it's directed by Karn Sivaroj Kongsakul.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo tell us about your own new project.

  9. Saskia BoudreauxIt's a three-day retreat called Vengeance Is Self-Care. You lie in a hammock and draft messages you will never send. There's a juice.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA juice.

  11. Saskia BoudreauxGreen, but angry. Eleven hundred dollars, and the hammock is yours to keep.

  12. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorLet me ask you directly. I bet you left your last show to find yourself. Were you in fact let go?

  13. Saskia BoudreauxI left to find myself, and the network respected that very quickly. Overnight, actually. And I forgave them.

  14. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDid you leave, or were you let go?

  15. Saskia BoudreauxThey sent a courier for my parking pass. A courier, Gloria. I have not forgiven the courier.

  16. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThank you for that. Lightning round. One word each. Favorite throne?

  17. Saskia BoudreauxHammock.

  18. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBetrayal or revenge?

  19. Saskia BoudreauxBrunch. And I forgave brunch.

  20. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWhere can viewers find you?

  21. Saskia BoudreauxGentle Rebellion dot com. Bring a hammock, and bring a list. Mine is alphabetical and it has a second page.

  22. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMs. Boudreaux, the series arrives December third. Your forgiveness list, I gather, is still in production.

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