After runaway success of Prime Video‘s “Fallout,” the TV landscape is Ella Purnell‘s to conquer. And the English actress aims to do just that with her latest star vehicle, “Sweetpea.” Starz‘s new six-episode series stars Purnell as Rhiannon Lewis, a quiet wallflower who’s bored with being seemed over and never paid consideration to. Her resolution? Homicide, in fact.
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Primarily based on C.J. Skuse’s cult novel of the identical title, (*10*) is a darkish comedy a couple of girl lastly discovering her voice, albeit in one of the vital sinister methods doable. Right here’s an official synopsis for the sequence, courtesy of Starz:
Rhiannon Lewis doesn’t make a lot of an impression – folks stroll previous her on the street with out a second look. She’s frequently missed for a promotion at work, the man she likes gained’t commit, and her dad is admittedly, actually sick. Then every part in her life turns the wrong way up. Rhiannon is pushed over the sting and loses management. Immediately the wallflower is gone, and instead is a younger girl able to something… Rhiannon’s life transforms as she steps into a brand new, intoxicating energy, however can she hold her killer secret?
Together with Purnell, (*10*) additionally stars Nicôle Lecky, Jon Pointing, Calam Lynch, and Leah Harvey. Jeremy Swift and Dustin Demri-Burns spherical out the primary solid.
Ella Jones directs all six episodes of “Sweetpea,” with Kirstie Swain, Krissie Ducker, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, and Selina Lim adapting Skuse’s novel. Swain additionally government produces the sequence with Purnell and Jones. Manpreet Dosanjh government prouces via Sky Studios. Govt producers via See-Noticed Movies embody Helen Gregory, Iain Canning, and Emile Sherman. Zorana Piggott serves because the present’s sequence producer.
Will (*10*) be one in all Fall TV’s massive hits and one other star-making flip for Ella Purnell? Discover out when the sequence premieres on Starz on October 10. Watch a trailer for (*10*) beneath.
