Piers Wenger, the director of BBC drama, said: “Lenny’s deep affinity for Sally’s writing and talent for finding actors to bring her fictional creations to life played a huge part in bringing Normal People so successfully to screen. The series will premiere on BBC Three and air on BBC One next year. Conversations with Friends features the 21st century, Irish descendents of Salinger's guileless wiseasses brought to life in prose as taut and coolly poised as early Bret Easton Ellis. The 12-part drama for BBC Three in partnership with Hulu will be directed by the Oscar-nominated Lenny Abrahamson, who also directed Normal People, and will include the writers Alice Birch, Mark O’Halloran and Susan Soon He Stanton.Ībrahamson said he was excited to be “collaborating with four such superb actors”.įilming will take place this year in Dublin, Belfast and international locations yet to be confirmed. 'Sally Rooney is a writer going all the way to the top. The role of Nick has been given to Joe Alwyn, who starred in The Favourite, while Jemima Kirke, who appeared in Girls, will play Melissa. The same production company, Element Pictures, will produce the new show, which will star Alison Oliver, an emerging talent from Lir Academy as Frances, and Sasha Lane, who starred in the Miseducation of Cameron Post, as Bobbi.
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