How Lenny Abrahamson Shot the 'Normal People'/'Fleabag' Comedy Mash-Up

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed British actress Daisy Edgar-Jones in all areas.Edgar-Jones has been getting attention for her breakout role as the female lead of Hulu/BBC’s buzzy new drama series Normal People.Based on Sally Rooney’s best-seller, Normal People follows the tender but complicated relationship of Marianne and Connell (Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal) from the end of their school days in small town west of Ireland to their undergraduate years at Trinity

Normal People is the frontrunner at this year’s TV Choice Awards, where it is up for three prizes.

Also Read: Emmy Contenders 2020, From Issa Rae to Jennifer Connelly (Exclusive Photos)Elsewhere in the conversation, the actors also discussed how they first landed their roles on their respective shows. For many, these projects were their first major television gigs.

BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People, chronicling the romantic lives of Connell Waldron and Marianne Sheridan as they fall in and out of love over several years, is a major hit.The 12-episode series dropped as a boxset on BBC Three on April 26, 2020, with regular Monday night broadcasts on BBC One stoking the hype for a little longer.

Normal People star Paul Mescal has taken part in Florence + The Machine‘s new book club – hear him read a passage from the Sally Rooney novel below.Mescal plays Connell Waldron in the recent BBC adaptation of the book, which gave BBC Three its biggest iPlayer viewing figures ever upon its release.As part of Florence Welch’s Between Two Books book club, Mescal has read an iconic passage from the 2018 book, the scene where Connell and Marianne reconnect at a house party at Dublin’s Trinity College

Between Two Books.The Kildare native read the passage where Connell meets Marianne in college for the first time. And it’s honestly made our week!‘”Alright,” says Connell, “hi.” Instantly, unbelievably, Marianne’s face breaks into a gigantic smile, exposing her crooked front teeth,’ Paul reads of their encounter in the three minutes and 48 seconds of perfection.

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal are tucked home safe and sound in London, England, adapting to the newfound spotlight and a life in quarantine. It's a far cry from just a few months earlier when the relative unknowns were whisked off to Los Angeles, California, to wax poetic about a show the public didn't know they'd fall in love with yet.

Paul Mescal is the perfect narrator for Sally Rooney’s Normal People.

Fans are freaking out after seeing the stars of Normal People and Fleabag get together!

Klaritza Rico In an interview with Variety’s Actors on Actors issue, Paul Mescal spoke with Nicholas Hoult––who stars in Hulu’s “The Great–– about filming the emotional therapy scene in the tenth episode of “Normal People.”In the Irish drama, adapted from Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name, Mescal’s character Connell struggles with mental health issues and attends therapy sessions to cope with his depression.

EasyWhat makes Normal People such a triumph is Sally Rooney’s ability to look at the complicated reality of modern love.Easy follows the stories of eight Chicagoans as they navigate the modern maze of love, from strangers on first dates to married couples trying to reignite their sex life.This eclectic series take a deep dive into the awkwardness, tension and passion that goes hand-in-hand with relationships.The star-studded cast includes Orlando Bloom, Malin Ackerman, Dave Franco, Elizabeth

‘Just when I couldn’t feel anymore obsessed with #normalpeople @DaisyEdgarJones & @paulmescal go and do that #ComicRelief,’ said one person.Meanwhile another person branded the skit ‘the funniest thing ever on any Comic Relief anywhere.’Take my money!! Loved the #NormalPeople sketch.

, will be lead writer for the adaptation.Conversation With Friends will be produced by Element Pictures.But, what is Conversations with Friends all about?Like Normal People, the book is about two best friends, Frances and Bobbi, who navigate life and love, neither of which are ever black and white.The story follows the two Trinity college students as they embark on an unexpected and sexually charged relationship with an older married couple.Expect love triangles galore and plenty of drama, but

After the apparent success of Hulu’s recent drama series, “Normal People,” based on the best-selling novel by Sally Rooney, it appears the streaming service is ready to move ahead with yet another adaptation of the author’s work with the development of a new show titled “Conversations with Friends.” According to Hulu, the streaming service has begun work on developing “Conversations with Friends” with the same production team, Element Pictures, behind the aforementioned “Normal People.” And just

Hulu is looking to replicate the success of “Normal People” by adapting another of Sally Rooney’s novels as a TV series.