The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
06.05.2020 - 10:59 / evoke.ie
After last night’s double-bill on RTE, fans of Sally Rooney’s on-screen adaptation of Normal People, have chosen a new hero to love. And this time it has nothing to do with sexy GAA shorts or Connell’s silver chain.
With over 350,000 people tuning into RTE to watch the first two episodes of the Lenny Abrahamson-directed show, its safe to say that it’s all the country has been talking about.
From the hilarious Liveline debate about the intimate nature of the show, to Paul Mescal gaining overnight
The Sally Rooney adaptation gave the channel its best ever ratings week on iPlayer this month
"I do feel like the series that has finished is its own thing"
From the stunning scenery to the graphic sex scenes, it’s the TV show everyone is talking about.
All the single ladies put your hands up because Normal People’s Paul Mescal is single and ready to mingle.
It’s fair to say that Normal People is one show that everyone is talking about at the moment.
The problem with new series being available all at once is that there's ALWAYS a chance of someone spoiling it before you get to the end.
Normal People stars Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones are among the stars going head-to-head to play video game Mario Kart 8 for an online charity event.
Sally Rooney’s best selling Normal People and her debut novel, Conversations with Friends have generated an estimated €8.37m in book sales here and the UK.
Normal People star Paul Mescal was left a little red in the face when one of his fans confessed live on the radio to stalking his Instagram and considering a move to Dublin in the hope of "bumping into him". Paul, 24, has found overnight fame thanks to his turn as heartthrob Connell Waldron in the Sally Rooney adaptation alongside co-star Daisy Edgar Jones, which is currently airing on BBC One and is available to watch in full on BBC iPlayer.
Normal People has got viewers hooked since it began airing on BBC Three and the show has shot its stars, Daisy Edgar-Jones, 21, who plays Marianne Sheridan, and Paul Mescal, 24, who plays Connell Waldron to stardom.
Normal People star Paul Mescal has joked the neck chain he wore throughout the acclaimed series “will always be more popular than I am”.
If you’ve been living under a rock you might have just missed the buzz around Normal People, or more specifically, Connell’s chain.