Luke Evans, Sarah Solemani & Elizabeth Day: The Making of The Party

Luke Evans and Sarah Solemani join Elizabeth to talk about the journey of Elizabeth’s 2017 novel The Party to its new five-part ITV adaptation. 

Luke stars as the show’s protagonist, Martin Gilmour, and Sarah stars as his wife, Lucy… oh and she also brilliantly adapted the novel for screen. 

The trio discuss the making of this exciting new drama for TV, how Luke discovered the book and kick-started the process and what the show is about. They discuss themes including: sexuality, the class system in the UK, shame, women leading production, culture on sets in today’s world and friendship. 

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IN THIS EPISODE

00:00 Introduction

01:42 Luke Discovers the Novel

02:51 Finding the Screenwriter

04:45 Adapting Into Five Episodes

07:13 What The Party Is About

09:44 Casting Lucy and Onscreen Marriage

13:04 Collaboration and Set Rewrites