They took their pitch to Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, and Rose Garnett, Director of BBC Films. Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe’s Element Pictures, who worked with the director on “Room,” among other projects, had secured early rights to “Normal People,” prior to the novel’s release. I guess that’s something that could be interesting, if other people find the idea is going to germinate some new ideas for them - I have no objection to that.'”īut when Abrahamson came on board, he brought a full team with him. “I didn’t think I would have any involvement,” Rooney said, remembering her first reaction to the pitch, before anyone in particular was attached. Rooney wasn’t a screenwriter when Lenny Abrahamson came calling, nor did she plan on becoming one when she first heard an adaptation of her second novel was in the works. ‘Normal People’: Watch the Cast Break Down the Tricky Adaptation from Book to Screen - Exclusive
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