Luke Evans and Sarah Solemani join Elizabeth to talk about the journey of Elizabeth’s 2017 novel The Party to its new five-part ITV adaptation.
Luke stars as the show’s protagonist, Martin Gilmour, and Sarah stars as his wife, Lucy… oh and she also brilliantly adapted the novel for screen.
The trio discuss the making of this exciting new drama for TV, how Luke discovered the book and kick-started the process and what the show is about. They discuss themes including: sexuality, the class system in the UK, shame, women leading production, culture on sets in today’s world and friendship.
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IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
01:42 Luke Discovers the Novel
02:51 Finding the Screenwriter
04:45 Adapting Into Five Episodes
07:13 What The Party Is About
09:44 Casting Lucy and Onscreen Marriage
13:04 Collaboration and Set Rewrites
18:09 Women Leading the Production
19:35 Set Culture and Final Day Speech
21:15 Author Visits Set and Craft Details
22:26 Friendship, Desire and Identity
25:08 Class, Shame and Final Takeaways
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LINKS + MENTIONS:
The Party starts Sunday 11th October 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX. The series airs for three consecutive nights: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, concluding with the fourth and final episode the following Sunday 18th and Monday 19th. Or you can binge all five episodes on ITVX.
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