There’s no guidebook to adapting novels into TV shows and films. Translating the characters’ inner monologues from book to screenĪdapting the sex scenes and hiring an intimacy directorĪdaptation challenges: ‘We wanted to do the book justice’ Working with Sally Rooney - from coffee catch-ups to accent inspiration Casting Marianne and Connell: ‘Paul and Daisy felt like the perfect evocation’.The challenges of adapting Normal People: ‘We wanted to do the book justice’.You can also jump to a specific section from the list below: Speaking to BT.com ahead of the show’s launch, the cast and crew of Normal People reveal how they adapted it from New York Times bestseller to a BBC drama. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne and Paul Mescal as Connell, the adaptation - which has been directed by Oscar nominee Lenny Abrahamson - follows the tender but complicated relationship of two people from their school days to their university years in Dublin.īut what were the challenges of adapting a New York Times bestseller? How were the roles of Marianne and Connell cast so perfectly? How were the sex scenes and inner monologues adapted for television? And how was author Sally Rooney involved in the whole process? It’s arguably the biggest and most highly anticipated book-to-TV adaptation of the year.Īnd there’s not long until die-hard fans of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel Normal People can watch the 12-part BBC Three series, which is landing as a full box set on BBC iPlayer.
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