Trailer For Hulu's Forbidden Romance Series NORMAL PEOPLE From The Director of ROOM
Writer and director Lenny Abrahamson hasn’t really done much since directing Brie Larson in the 2015 drama Room, which won her a Best Actress Oscar. In 2018 he helmed a horror mystery titled Little Stranger, which starred Domhnall Gleeson.
Well, Abrahamson has been developing a drama series for Hulu and BBC titled Normal People, and it follows the complicated romance of two young lovers from Ireland who find themselves on opposite sides of a class divide. It’s a pretty heavy drama that might not interest many of you, but you can watch the trailer that has been released to see if it’s a series you think will be worth diving into.
The show is based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel, “Normal People is an exquisite, modern love story about how one person can unexpectedly change another person’s life and about how complicated intimacy can be. It follows Marianne and Connell over several years, as they embark on an on-again/off-again romance that starts at school and continues through college, both testing their relationship as they explore different versions of themselves.”
Normal People will consist of twelve half-hour episodes, with Abrahamson directing the first six and Hettie Macdonald (Doctor Who, Howards End) directing the others. Rooney wrote the scripts, along with Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth, Succession) and Mark O’Rowe (Boy A).
Normal People premieres on Hulu on April 29, 2020.