Introducing your upcoming quarantine obsession: Normal People, the brand new drama series based on Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel with the same name.
The highly anticipated series follows the complicated relationship between high school lovers Marianne, a lonely and intimidating gal, and Connell, a well-liked, popular bloke.
One year after high school, they’re both studying in Dublin and their roles reverse as Marianne is now the social butterfly and Connell is shy and awkward.
It’s a coming-of-age drama series that shows how the fascinating pair weave in and out of each other’s lives as they undergo all the highs and lows of adolescence.
The series was shot in Dublin, Sligo, Sweden and Italy with Oscar nominated director Lenny Abrahamson (Room) and award-winning director Hettie Macdonald (Howard’s End) sharing the directorial duties.
Catch the first trailer below:
Every episode of Normal People will be available only on Stan from 27 April – same day as the U.K.
