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David Kent

Conversations with Friends: First look at TV adaptation of Sally Rooney novel as new snaps released

We've been given a first look at the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney's major hit book Conversations with Friends.

It's the second of Rooney's novels to be turned into a show.

The first was of course Normal People, which shot Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones to superstardom in 2020.

And director Lenny Abrahamson is once again on hand to help show the relationships among four people – Frances, Bobbi (her best friend), and married duo Melissa and Nick.

Filming took place across Ireland last year, and now we've seen the first results from that, with Hulu and Vanity Fair releasing them on Instagram on Thursday.

In the shots, we see Joe Alwyn, Jemima Kirke, Sasha Lane, and Alison Oliver in a variety of situations.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Abrahamson admitted there are some similarities between Conversations with Friends and Normal People, saying: "What we’ve ended up with is something that has a kind of aesthetic family resemblance to the other series but is definitely its own thing.

“I don’t think anybody could have predicted, in our world of streamers, that it would’ve gone quite as brilliantly as it did in terms of people’s response, and it was really gratifying."

Speaking last year, Abrahamson detailed how the crew was managing to shoot while under Covid lockdown.

He said: "It's going pretty well. It's an odd time to be gathering groups of people together and trying to work on the material but I think we have that sorted. It's all great, we have an amazing cast that's led by this wonderful young Irish actress called Alison Oliver who's just fresh out of the Lir. Then, there are three other brilliant actors - Sasha Lane, Joe Alwyn and Jemima Kirke - that's the central quartet and we're all very excited to get stuck in and be working again."

Conversations with Friends is set to air this spring.

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