The Gilded Age: Who Carrie Astor Was Crying About (But Later Married)
Warning: SPOILERS for The Gilded Age Episode 6 — «Heads Have Rolled For Less»
In The Gilded Age episode 6, Carrie Astor (Amy Forsyth) was crying over the man she would eventually marry, although her real-life nuptials are still a couple of years away. Carrie's mother is Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), the leader of Old New York's elite, dubbed the Four Hundred while Larry is the son of New Money millionaire George Russell (Morgan Spector). In The Gilded Age's version of history, Carrie is friends with Larry Russell (Harry Richardson) and they move in the same social circles, even though it conflicts with the values of Mrs. Astor, who snubs New Money from entering high society.
Carrie Astor was introduced in The Gilded Age episode 1 when she was seen at a Newport, Rhode Island party thrown by Mamie Fish (Ashlie Atkinson) that was also attended by Larry Russell and Oscar van Rhijn (Blake Ritson). The next time Carrie was seen was inThe Gilded Age episode 2. Carrie asked whether the Russells were worth formally befriending after Mrs. Astor witnessed an ostentatious display of George Russell's wealth at a charity bazaar but her mother dismissed the idea. In what little audiences have seen of Carrie Astor thus far, it's apparent that she doesn't share her mother's insistence on keeping society pure from the «new people.» Carrie is definitely born into an Old New York bloodline but Miss Astor, who is 21 years old in The Gilded Age's 1882 timeframe, has no problems socializing with people from New Money.
Related: The Gilded Age: George Russell Redeemed Himself By Denying Turner
Not coincidentally, in The Gilded Age episode 6, Carrie was crying over a different New Money person, Marshall Orme Wilson, who is her future husband. Larry
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