BBC Three’s highly-anticipated adaptation of Sally Rooney’s award-winning novel, Conversations with Friends (an adaptation of her other novel, Normal Friends, was the biggest surprise lockdown telly hit of 2020), sees Frances (newcomer Alison Oliver) and her ex-girlfriend, now best pal, Bobbi (Sasha Lane) perform poetry together in Dublin. It’s at one of their shows that they meet enigmatic couple Melissa (Jemima Kirke), an older writer, and her actor husband Nick (Joe Alwyn, Taylor Swift’s man!), who both become fascinated by the pair and their relationship. Here, Girls star Jemima, 37, talks about the slow-burn series, and its fascinating portrayals of anxiety…
Jemima, what drew you to this project?
Well, for a start, I read the book and loved it. There was something about the… quietness of the story that just…