Alicia Silverstone to Star in Acorn TV Series ‘Irish Blood’
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter Alicia Silverstone is set for a lead role in the Acorn TV series “Irish Blood.” Production on the series is now underway in and around Dublin.
It will consist of six one-hour episodes. Along with Silverstone, the cast includes. Wendy Crewson, Jason O’Mara, Dearbhla Molloy, Simone Kirby, Ruth Codd, and Leonardo Taiwo. “‘Irish Blood’ is the story of a woman discovering herself and confronting her past after traveling abroad unexpectedly,” Silverstone said. “I love how unpredictable the storytelling feels and the combination of drama, humor and suspense my character experiences.” Silverstone stars as Fiona Sharpe, described as a “hot-shot Los Angeles divorce lawyer who receives a letter from her estranged father and sets out to uncover the mystery of his disappearance.” The official series description states that Fiona’s “path in life is earmarked by her father, Declan, who seemingly abandoned her and her mother on her tenth birthday.
After years of channelling anger toward him, to the benefit of her litigious clients, a message from her father sends her to Ireland.
There she learns key truths about her father as well as a family that doesn’t know she exists, and, moreover, that the story of abandonment that has shaped her entire life – was a lie.
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