Last month, Daisy Edgar-Jones It is Paulo Mescal sent Normal people fans went into a frenzy when they teased an upcoming project together on social media — especially when Element Pictures, the producer of the adaptation of Sally Rooney’s 2018 bestselling book (and one of former President Barack Obama’s books, personal choices of 2019), also republished the photo. The social media post sparked widespread rumors that the announcement was something related to the show.
It turns out that Mescal, 28, and Edgar-Jones, 26, were raffling off tickets to a special marathon screening of the show on the big screen. The event, which took place on June 16th at a cinema in central London, was attended by director Lenny Abrahamson, producer Ed Guiney and other “friends of the show”.
Despite the disappointment, lovers of Hulu’s beloved limited series They still hope that the series will return to the small screen in some form in the future.
Launched in 2020, the series is a modern love story set in Ireland between schoolmates-turned unlikely lovers, Marianne (Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Mescal), whose complicated relationship spans several years through high school and university at Trinity College.
Although Mescal and Edgar-Jones have been hard at work on several new projects – like Mescal’s Gladiator II, the upcoming sequel directed by Ridley Scottand Edgar-Jones’ long-awaited sequel for the success of 1996 Twisted – the latter isn’t completely ruling out the possibility of reprising her role for a future sequel.
While speaking with ET’s Nischelle Turner and Kevin Frazier from the Baha Mar Resort in Nassau, Bahamas, about the upcoming launch of TwistedEdgar-Jones confirmed that there are no plans for a second season of Normal people “that I know of”, but recalls the “really special” moment she had filming alongside Mescal.
“We made this show almost five years ago, so it’s crazy that it still resonates,” the British actress shared. When asked if she would reprise her role as Marianne if she were approached by Element Pictures, Edgar-Jones didn’t hesitate to say yes; albeit with a caveat.
“It was the best filming experience – Twisted “I love those characters, I love that world (and) I loved working with Paul and Lenny,” she added. “I would love to revisit where they are 10 years later, but maybe leave it a little bit longer. Let it breathe.”
In the meantime, fans can check out Edgar-Jones and Antonio Ramos in the upcoming sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twistedwho starred Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton like meteorologists looking for an F5 tornado.
The original was the second highest-grossing film of 1996, grossing more than $494 million at the worldwide box office. Directed by SpeedJan De Bont and executive production by Steven SpielbergThe exciting film featured innovative special effects at the time, receiving Oscar nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound.
Edgar-Jones and Ramos will star alongside Kiernan Shipka, Glen Powell, Maura Tierney and Sasha Lane in the film directed by Lee Isaac Chung, and they told ET that their film feels like “a true next chapter” in the iconic franchise.
“I feel like our film feels like a real next chapter in a very special way. I mean, science has gotten better, technology has gotten better,” Edgar-Jones explained. “It’s set in 2024 (and) there are storm chasers on YouTube, there are crazy ways to track storms. But there’s a lot of love for the original in our film as well.”
Ramos added: “The first film was a classic, but I think now, almost 30 years later, there’s so much more you can do with visual effects. And this cast is incredible, you know: our fearless leader (Edgar-Jones) and our director, Lee Isaac Chung, had incredible vision, so I wouldn’t say we’re trying to outdo them, it’s not a competition.”
Twisted storms in theaters on July 19th.
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