‘Bad Sisters’ Creator Sharon Horgan Reveals How Claes Bang Got Cast as Villain JP and Whether the Garvey Sisters Might Return
15.10.2022 - 03:07
/ variety.com
K.J. Yossman Despite the fact that Apple TV+ series “Bad Sisters” follows four of the Garvey sisters as they spend almost ten episodes trying to kill a (somewhat) innocent man, Eva, Bibi, Ursula and Becka have captured viewers’ imaginations. Despite debuting without much fanfare, the Ireland-based adaptation of Belgian limited series “Clan” has become something of a sleeper hit, gathering an increasing number of fans cheering the Garvey girls on as the show races to its inevitable conclusion. Hours after the finale episode hit Apple on Friday (Oct. 14), Variety talked to writer, executive producer and star Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe,” “Motherland”), who plays would-be matriarch Eva, to discuss the reaction to the show, as Claes Bang’s casting as villain John Paul (JP) and whether the Garvey sisters might ever make a return to the small screen.
What has the reaction been like to the series and the finale? I haven’t managed to delve in as much as I’d like to online but I’ve been absolutely delighted. I mean, people seem very involved, they seem to have really got on board. There’s so much great TV out there and you never know what’s going to capture people’s imaginations in a way that you hope it would. You spend that long making something – like two and a half years – and you’re sort of isolated a little bit. So when you put it out in the world, you are just keeping your fingers crossed. And oh, my God, it’s been amazing. I mean, I’ve been in New York and LA the last seven days and the response has been nuts. How did you first come across the Belgian series and decide to adapt it? I had no idea that this was what I wanted to do. It was post “Catastrophe” and I was doing some films and taking my time about figuring out
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