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Sophie McLaughlin

The Deceived: Drama by Derry Girls creator starring Paul Mescal lands on Netflix

A four-part psychological thriller written by Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee and her husband Tobias Beer has landed on Netflix.

The Deceived is described as "a sinister narrative of lust, manipulation and betrayal" and aired on TV back in 2020.

The Channel 5 drama was filmed in Northern Ireland and stars Normal People and now Oscar-nominated actor Paul Mescal.

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It also features familiar faces from the world of Derry Girls Louisa Harland, who played Orla in the hit Channel 4 comedy series and Ian McElhinney who was the every-funny Granda Joe.

The story centres around the character of Ophelia Marsh (played by Emily Reid), who falls desperately in love with her married lecturer, seeing in him all the answers to her needs.

When their affair is interrupted by a shocking and tragic death, Ophelia finds herself trapped in a world where she can no longer trust her own mind.

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee (Trevor McBride)

Paul plays the character of Sean McKeogh, a local builder who becomes Ophelia's confidante.

Ahead of it airing on Channel 5, Paul said that his love of Derry Girls lead him to take an interest in The Deceived.

In conversation with Channel 5, he said: "I am a massive Derry Girls fan so naturally the first thing that jumped out at me were Lisa and Tobias’s names, that is always going to be exciting.

"The fact that this was a psychological drama didn’t particularly surprise or confuse me because the standard of the writing in Derry Girls is so good. It is hilarious and the quality of the script is so high that I had no trepidation over whether this would work or not."

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