“It Felt Like We Were Reconnecting After A Long Time”: Andrea Riseborough On Working With Domhnall Gleeson On ‘Alice & Jack’ – Mipcom Cannes

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“It felt like we were reconnecting after a long time,” To Leslie star Andrea Riseborough said today of working with Domhnall Gleeson on Alice & Jack, Channel 4 & PBS Masterpiece‘s upcoming romantic drama that premiered at Mipcom Cannes.

Riseborough and Gleeson have worked plenty together down the years including on Never Let Me Go and Shadow Dancer, but hadn’t partnered on a project for some years until the series.

During an Alice & Jack Q&A this evening at Mipcom Cannes, chaired by Deadline’s Joe Utichi, Riseborough said it “felt like were reconnecting after a long time” and this had been obvious from the first scene that the pair did together. “It was so catapulted and so real,” she added. “It’s strange to be both young and old with someone but I’ve done that with Domhnall and our relationship kind of reflects Alice and Jack’s meeting.” Co-produced with PBS Masterpiece, Victor Levin’s Alice & Jack stars Riseborough and Gleeson as the titular characters in what distributor Fremantle has 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.” Speaking to Deadline in September, creatives behind the show said they wanted it to feel like an indie film, and Riseborough described the show today as “feeling like indie cinema, but it’s so fast.” She also praised the supporting cast including Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood and Aisling Bea as the “cream of British comedy writing.” She was speaking at Mipcom following the premiere, coming on a day which included talks from the likes of Eva