- Title: Sharon Horgan's dark comedy series 'Bad Sisters' premieres in London
- Date: 18th August 2022
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST 18, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** BANG SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR CLAES BANG, SAYING: "You know that feeling of when you've been in a situation, someone said something to you and then five minutes after you, you sort of think of a comeback. But this guy, he always just says it. Yes, that was good fun." "BAD SISTERS" SIGN ON WALL / BANG IN INTERVIEW (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR CLAES BANG, SAYING: "I mean, even if it is funny, it is about a very abusive relationship. So I hope there's something perhaps in there that can actually say something and resonate with people in a way that could mean something to them." HORGAN AND DUFF POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR ANNE-MARIE DUFF, SAYING: "I think the fact is you always have to play it for truth. So, that's the thing, when comedy works, it's always incredibly truthful, isn't it? But so I had to invest it with as much integrity as if I were doing a serious drama, because there could be people watching the show, men and women, who are in maybe bullying circumstances for whom it's very powerful and helps them recognise things. So you have a great sense of responsibility around it, you know." CAST MEMBERS (SCREEN RIGHT TO LEFT) MCCORMACK, BIRTHISTLE, GREENE, HORGAN, QUINN, DUFF, GLEESON AND BANG POSING FOR PHOTOS GREENE HUGGING QUINN / CAST MEMBERS TALKING CAST MEMBERS TALKING ON RED CARPET VARIOUS OF HEWSON ARRIVING FOR PHOTOCALL AND POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR EVE HEWSON, SAYING: "So hard. It was so hard not to laugh. There were some scenes where they were, it's obviously really funny, but it's also really dramatic. So one person was doing something very serious and the other person was cracking a joke and you had to really keep a straight face and that was almost impossible to do." MCCORMACK POSING FOR PHOTOS GLEESON POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR BRIAN GLEESON, SAYING: "I've made enough mistakes in the past and would laugh when I shouldn't that I was pretty well behaved on this one. Daryl, Daryl not so much. Daryl's fan of a giggle. We were cracking each other up all through it. And, you know, it was a long shoot. So in a way, we were glad of that." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR DARYL MCCORMACK, SAYING: "Like, a lot of my thing was I needed to try not laugh while he was doing his scenes because he's hilarious. So that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed having that bond with him." VARIOUS OF QUINN POSING FOR PHOTOS DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (SCREEN LEFT) DEARBHLA WALSH AND PROFESSOR SARA CANTILLON POSING FOR PHOTOS WRITER AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DAVE FINKEL POSING FOR PHOTOS
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- Keywords: Anne-Marie Duff Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters Bad Sisters Apple TV+ Bad Sisters series Bad Sisters show Claes Bang Daryl McCormack Eve Hewson Sharon Horgan dark comedy series television series
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND VARIOUS FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: UK
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Europe,Television
- Reuters ID: LVA004930018082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The cast of the new Apple TV+ series "Bad Sisters" celebrated sisterhood on the red carpet in London on Thursday (August 18), a day ahead of the show's global debut.
Set in Ireland, the dark comedy thriller centres around the Garvey sisters, a tight-knit family of five, brought close by the untimely passing of their parents.
When the husband of one of the sisters suddenly dies, insurers set their sights on the five, discovering that each of them had reason to want to kill the unkind and coercive John Paul (played by Danish actor Claes Bang).
The series, adapted from the Belgian TV show "Clan", was created by actor, comedian and filmmaker Sharon Horgan - recently seen in the role of Nicolas Cage's wife in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent".
Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene and Eve Hewson star in the roles of the Garvey sisters.
"It's about four sisters who try and rescue their fifth sister from a monstrous relationship. A lot of funny happens off the back of that but really it's about love and family," Horgan, herself one of five siblings, told Reuters on the red carpet.
"We spent so much time together, I think we spent ten months together. So we are actually like real sisters now. It's kind of great to be here and to see them and to have a night out together," said Hewson, the daughter of U2 singer Bono.
The series opens with scenes of John Paul's funeral and shifts back in time to reveal his controlling behaviour in the lead up to his death.
Starting out as banter between the sisters, their plans to rid of John Paul gain momentum as the show advances.
Getting to play the mean-spirited man was both liberating and a responsibility, said Bang.
"You know that feeling of when you've been in a situation, someone said something to you and then five minutes after you, you sort of think of a comeback. But this guy, he always just says it. Yes, that was good fun," he said.
"Even if it is funny, it is about a very abusive relationship. So I hope there's something perhaps in there that can actually say something and resonate with people in a way that could mean something to them."
Anne-Marie Duff, who plays his long-suffering wife Grace, said her storyline made her approach the show with honesty and seriousness.
"I had to invest it with as much integrity as if I were doing a serious drama, because there could be people watching the show, men and women, who are in maybe bullying circumstances for whom it's very powerful and helps them recognise things. So you have a great sense of responsibility around it, you know," she said.
Brian Gleeson and Daryl McCormack play the insurance agents and half-brothers Thomas and Matt Claffin who have their own motives to dig deeper into John Paul's death.
"A lot of my thing was I needed to try not laugh while he was doing his scenes because he's hilarious. So that was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed having that bond with him," said McCormack, whose performance as a young male escort opposite Emma Thompson in "Good Luck to you, Leo Grande" gained him a global following.
"Bad Sisters" starts streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday (August 19).
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