‘Alice & Jack’: Andrea Riseborough Cast In First Major Role Since ‘To Leslie’ Controversy; Channel 4 Drama Also Stars Domnhall Gleeson
deadline.comAndrea Riseborough and Domnhall Gleeson are to star in a Channel 4 drama series created by Mad Men’s Victor Levin. The duo are leading Alice & Jack, the first major casting for Riseborough since the To Leslie Oscar controversy earlier this year.
The pair play the title characters in what distributor Fremantle described as a “love story for the ages.” Logline adds: “When they first meet they’re bound by a connection so powerful it seems nothing can break it, but will their path lead them to a place of happiness and togetherness?
Or will life and their own emotional complexities get in the way.” Alice & Jack brings together major production companies in Academy Award-nominated Groundswell Productions, Italy’s De Maio Entertainment and I Am Ruth maker Me + You Productions.
Fremantle is handling global sales. “The only work I’ve wanted to watch and do since the pandemic is work about connection and love, and work with a sense of humour,” said Gleeson, prior to the SAG strike. “Alice and Jack keep coming back to each other because they can’t help themselves – they find in each other something that they don’t have on their own.” Fremantle Global Drama CEO Christian Vesper added that the show provides a “flawless combination” of “love and comedy.” Levin is creator and writer and Juho Kuosmanen, who co-wrote and directed 2021 Cannes Grand Prix co-winner Compartment 6, is co-director.
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