Not so Honourable Woman: Maggie Gyllenhaal is tapped to play a hooker in new HBO series about porn industry

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 18:48 EST, 24 September 2015 | Updated: 19:16 EST, 24 September 2015

She may have failed to win an Emmy on Sunday, but it looks like The Honourable Woman star will get another shot.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, the 37-year-old Dark Knight actress and sister of superstar Jake Gyllenhaal, is set to play entrepreneurial hooker Eileen Merrell, a.k.a. Candy, in an upcoming HBO series, according to Entertainment Weekly.

It will be her first stint as a series regular on a television show if the show is indeed picked up for a full season.

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Another shot?: Maggie Gyllenhaal, the 37-year-old Dark Knight actress, is set to play entrepreneurial hooker, Eileen Merrell, a.k.a. Candy, in an upcoming HBO series; here she is seen Sunday at the Emmys

Another shot?: Maggie Gyllenhaal, the 37-year-old Dark Knight actress, is set to play entrepreneurial hooker, Eileen Merrell, a.k.a. Candy, in an upcoming HBO series; here she is seen Sunday at the Emmys

Famous siblings: Maggie is sister of Donnie Darko superstar and heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal, 34; here he is seen in July

Famous siblings: Maggie is sister of Donnie Darko superstar and heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal, 34; here he is seen in July

Gyllenhaal recently made waves as she was nominated for a Lead Actress Emmy for her latest TV role as Nessa Stein on the hit miniseries The Honourable Woman. 

In the miniseries, she starred as an Anglo-Israeli woman who inherits her father's arms dealing business, while also advocating for peace in the middle east.

The show premiered on the BBC in the United Kingdom and on SundanceTV in the United States. 

Almost a win: Gyllenhaal recently made waves as she was nominated for a Lead Actress Emmy for her latest TV role as Nessa Stein on the hit miniseries The Honourable Woman

Almost a win: Gyllenhaal recently made waves as she was nominated for a Lead Actress Emmy for her latest TV role as Nessa Stein on the hit miniseries The Honourable Woman

Oh well: While she did end up winning a Golden Globe for her performance, the talented actress lost out on the Emmy to Olive Kitteridge star Frances McDormand

Oh well: While she did end up winning a Golden Globe for her performance, the talented actress lost out on the Emmy to Olive Kitteridge star Frances McDormand

While she did end up winning a Golden Globe for her performance, the talented actress lost out on the Emmy to Olive Kitteridge star Frances McDormand.

According to EW, the star's new HBO show, called The Deuce, will feature her as a enterprising prostitute working in Times Square in New York City during the 1970s and 80s. It will detail her character's involvement in the rise and legalization of the porn industry, as well as the impacts of drugs and HIV on the industry and the city as a whole.

Double the Franco: James Franco will also have a role playing twin mobsters on the show

Double the Franco: James Franco will also have a role playing twin mobsters on the show

EW already confirmed that James Franco will also have a role playing twin mobsters on the show.

Of course it won't be the 37-year-old Pineapple Express star's first outing on TV.

The very short lived but nonetheless beloved Freaks and Geeks essentially launched the young hunk's career back in 1999. 

It sounds as though it will be a chance for awards for all involved, as The Wire creator David Simon is teaming up with Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad director Michelle MacLaren to produce the possibly prurient show. 

A star is born; The very short lived but nonetheless beloved Freaks and Geeks essentially launched the young Franco's career back in 1999

A star is born; The very short lived but nonetheless beloved Freaks and Geeks essentially launched the young Franco's career back in 1999


 

 

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