With the upcoming award season shining a spotlight on exceptional programming and performances, even though there are a lot of TV shows and various networks and streaming services with countless shows to choose from, there are still some real stand-outs. One such performance is that of Paul Mescal in Normal People as Connell, one half of the complicated relationship that the Hulu series tracks from the end of their school days in a small town in the west of Ireland to their undergraduate years at Trinity College. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Irish actor Paul …

With the upcoming award season shining a spotlight on exceptional programming and performances, even though there are a lot of TV shows and various networks and streaming services with countless shows to choose from, there are still some real stand-outs. One such performance is that of Daisy Edgar-Jones in Normal People as Marianne, one half of the complicated relationship the Hulu series (adapted from the acclaimed 2018 Sally Rooney novel) tracks from the end of their school days in a small town in the west of Ireland to their undergraduate years at Trinity College. During this 1-on-…

Normal People is a gem of a television program. Over 12 episodes, Sally Rooney's acclaimed novel was adapted into a piece of brilliant storytelling examining the intersections and love (and lust) lives of Marianne Sheridan (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell Waldron (Paul Mescal). It's a quiet, sensitive, and unyieldingly horny show. And it's a shame we only have 12 episodes on Hulu we can watch, right? Wrong! For, you see, the cast and creative team of Normal People has teamed up with Comic Relief, the British charity program in which talented artists create new pieces of content …

If you loved Normal People but don’t want your heart broken by a second season, have I got news for you. The streaming service announced today that the creative team that brought the Sally Rooney adaptation Normal People to life in such brilliant and sad and sexy fashion is reteaming for another Sally Rooney adaptation on Hulu. Lenny Abrahamson (Room) will serve as lead director while Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) will serve as lead writer on an adaptation of Rooney’s book Conversations with Friends, which will consist of 12 half-hour episodes just like Normal People. The drama …

In the early 1990s, ABC's NYPD Blue regularly made headlines for its boundary-pushing nude scenes — always carefully cast in shadow. It was a very different time from today, when cable and streaming platforms regularly put out content so explicit the MPAA would blush if it were being released in a movie theater. Thus, it takes special effort to stand out when it comes to putting naked people on screen, the way the new Hulu drama Normal People does. Normal People, in its trailer, could only begin to hint at the level of nudity contained within the series, focused …

Hulu has released a new trailer for its upcoming drama Normal People. The acclaimed novel from Irish author Sally Rooney has gotten the TV adaptation treatment, with the 12-episode, half-hour series arriving in April. [caption id="attachment_885055" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Hulu[/caption] The latest trailer released for American audiences took a sexier approach than the previous trailer. Keeping the focus on the story's lead characters, star-crossed young adults Marianne (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Paul Mescal), the trailer teases out the passionate, intense, and occasionally torrid details of their love story. Normal People …

Prepare for the happiest of heartbreaks, friends, because Hulu has released the first trailer for Normal People. Adapted from Sally Rooney's novel of the same name, the forthcoming Hulu series stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal as two 20-something Dublin college students who find themselves caught in the pull of a deeply transformative romantic relationship. [caption id="attachment_867393" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Hulu[/caption] Normal People follows Connell (Mescal) and Marianne (Edgar-Jones), two students studying at Trinity College in Dublin. They know each other from their high school days, except back then Connell was …