5/13/2023 0 Comments Rooney conversations with friends![]() ![]() There’s a bit of on-the-nose meta casting going on here. Nick is Melissa’s (comparatively) underachieving husband. Frances is a spoken word poet who attracts the attention, along with her former lover Bobbi (Sasha Lane), of the celebrated writer Melissa Baines (Jemima Kirke). To communicate effectively, they rely on their respective art forms instead. They’re frighteningly inarticulate, which is often the reason behind their conflicts. It’s true that both him and Frances are cursed by a crippling lack of expressiveness. But unlike that show, which at least milked stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal’s undeniable chemistry, Frances’ on-and-off fling with the equally enigmatic Nick Conway (played by Mr Taylor Swift himself, Joe Alwyn) has the emotional intensity of two senior citizens out on Sunday brunch.įor the life of me, I still can’t get a read on Nick. As with Normal People, there are moments where you want to physically reach into the screen and give these characters a good shake. ![]() This changes more on the basis of your enjoyment of the show than anything that Oliver does with her performance. ![]() Newcomer Alison Oliver plays the reserved college student Frances Flynn, who affects a persona that alternates between mildly mysterious and outwardly arrogant. ![]()
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