Apples Never Fall Book vs Series: All the Major Differences Between the Peacock Show and Liane Moriarty's Novel
glamour.comApples Never Fall is that perfect binge that mixes all the elements of a New York Times best-selling book (by , in this case) with an appealing cast (Annette Bening, Sam Neill, , …) and edge-of-your-seat, clever twists.
But striking the right tone for Apples Never Fall, the series, while rearranging the book format was a high-wire act that only Moriarity (who is also an excutive producer) and showrunner/EP Melanie Marnich could have pulled off.“Any book worth its salt is going to be a tough adaptation because of the bounty of material but also its complexity," Marnich tells Glamour. “It was not just a narrative puzzle to solve; it was a structural problem.
We had the complexity of now and then as well as different timeframes, plus each character having a different point of view.
Then you also have the complexity of a crime… It was really, really rigorous story-breaking in the room, which was covered in whiteboards.”As hard as it was, Marnich worked tirelessly to keep the series—about a seemingly normal, happy family whose life is upended when the matriarch goes missing—light enough so the viewer wouldn't be bogged down by the intensity of the central mystery. “We have to laugh; we have to have fun,” Marnich says. “It can't be just this harrowing thing the whole time, but you never want the funny to undercut what is scary.
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