Pakistan, Jan. 16 -- The creative team behind Peacock's new espionage dramedy Ponies says the addition of Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson in the lead roles was central to striking the show's unusual balance between spy thriller and comedy.

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Now streaming with all eight episodes available, the series follows two women whose seemingly ordinary lives are upended by secrets tied to Cold War-era intelligence operations. Clarke plays Beatrice "Bea" Grant, while Richardson portrays Twila Hasbeck. Initially dismissed as "persons of no interest," a phrase that ultimately gives the series its title, both characters find themselves drawn into CIA operations after learning that their husbands died unde...