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EXCLUSIVE: Legendary has set Sebastian Stan to star opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones in the Lauryn Kahn-scripted social thriller Fresh. Mimi Cave is directing, and Hyperobject Industries' Adam McKay and Kevin Messick are producing. Production is set to begin in January. The film's storyline is being kept under wraps. Stan…

Daisy Edgar-Jones landed the starring role of Kya in the 3000 Pictures and Hello Sunshine film adaptation of Delia Owens' New York Times bestselling novel, Where the Crawdads Sing. Set up at Sony, the film is being directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay written by Oscar-nominated scribe Lucy Alibar. The story…

Daisy Edgar-Jones, one of the stars on Hulu’s breakout drama Normal People, has signed on as the lead in the Legendary social thriller Fresh, from screenwriter Lauryn Kahn and first-time feature director Mimi Cave. Details about the film's storyline are being kept under wraps. Legendary acquired the project earlier…

With four Emmy nominations announced on Tuesday, BBC/ Hulu limited series Normal People got its just desserts—almost. Although one of its two leads, Paul Mescal, received an acting nom, Daisy Edgar-Jones did not. As magnetic love match Connell and Marianne in this adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel, the…

EXCLUSIVE: 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 bestseller, Normal People follows the tender but complicated relationship of Marianne…

There's something odd about Normal People. It is, ostensibly, a show about two teenagers who fall in love, then navigate a very typical series of bust-ups and reconciliations. So far, so normal. And the show begins innocently enough. Set in Ireland, we see the popular and sporty Connell (Paul Mescal) get together with…

The worlds of Fleabag and Normal People collided in a crossover event during the RTE Does Comic Relief event which raised funds for communities in and around Ireland impacted by COVID-19. In the crossover video of the two critically acclaimed comedies, we see Connell (Connell Mescal) from Normal People in a…

Hulu’s Normal People so powerfully details the heart-wrenching pain of first love, and the chemistry between its two lead actors is clearly electric. In fact, during auditions for the show, which follows the love story between bullied schoolgirl Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal), their first…

“I honestly think it may have changed my life.” That was James Corden’s verdict on Normal People after watching the BBC and Hulu series for the first time. He was not alone in being moved by the show. An adaptation of Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel of the same name, the atmospheric drama about a couple’s on-and-off…

Hulu has given a straight-to-series order to Normal People, a drama adapted from Sally Rooney’s recent best-seller. The 12-episode half-hour series hails from Element Pictures in association with BBC Three. Normal People follows the tender but complicated relationship of Marianne and Connell (Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul…