Reel Perspectives January 25, 2026 Courtesy of Peacock Vic Michaelis and Nicholas “Nic” Podany break down their roles as Cheryl and Ray Szymanski in Peacock’s Ponies . We Learn the Szymanski Marriage Was the Cover Story In Peacock’s Ponies , we’re dropped into 1977 Moscow, where two American secretaries — Bea and Twila, played by Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson — see their lives upended when their husbands die under Cardi B levels of suspiciousness in a supposed “plan