Alison Oliver & Joe Alwyn Interview: Conversations With Friends
Hulu is back with another Sally Rooney adaptation, this time tackling her debut novel in the new miniseries Conversations With Friends. The 12-episode show premieres through the streaming platform on May 13, only a few short years after Normal People received rave reviews from fans and critics alike. The story follows college student Frances (newcomer Alison Oliver) and her best friend Bobbi (Sasha Lane, Loki), who get involved in a tangled web of love and friendship with a married couple.
Melissa (Jemima Kirke, Sex Education) and Nick (Joe Alwyn, The Last Letter from Your Lover) befriend the college girls, a situation which quickly leads to Frances and Nick having an affair. The relationship has startling effects for all four members of the quarter, and opens up several questions about the nature of relationships and the importance of honesty when approaching them.
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Alwyn and Oliver spoke to Screen Rant about what draws Nick and Frances to each other, and how Conversations With Friends explores various forms of love coexisting with each other.
Screen Rant: I really enjoyed Conversations With Friends and, of course, the chemistry between the two of you is crucial to the narrative. Alison, what it is you think Frances sees in Nick? What makes him such a draw for her?
Alison Oliver: I think that Francis is such an observant person, and she's so interested in people in the world. And you definitely get from the book that she's very analytical, and she likes to put people in boxes a little bit.
When she meets Nick, she can't really define him a little bit, and she's not really sure how he feels about her. There's this kind of ambiguous thing that happens between them from
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