Stephen Graham has shared an update on a possible second season of the record-breaking Netflix series
Co-written by Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, Netflix’s Adolescence is a show that delves into the chilling dilemma: “what would you do if your teenage son commits a murder?”
The series has taken the world by storm, shattering Netflix records with a staggering 24.3 million views globally within the first four days of the show’s release, and soaring to 66.3 million streams after two weeks.
Graham is over the moon with the reception to the show. The 51-year-old Liverpudlian actor from Kirkby has been lauded for his riveting portrayal of Eddie Miller in the four-part mini-series, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Following the phenomenal success of the drama, Graham has hinted at the possibility of a sequel to Adolescence. Speaking to Variety, the Boardwalk Empire star teased: “Possibly, let’s see how the figures are. But yeah, there’s the possibility of developing another story.”
The This Is England star expressed his astonishment at the profound social impact of the series, sharing: “I suppose what I’m trying to say is that we had no idea that it would impact socially the way it has, but it seems to have cut through all the race, creed and hierarchical structures of society with the message that it’s carrying about our youth.”
Graham’s spouse, Hannah Walters, who not only acts in the series but also serves as an executive producer, also shared her surprise at the response the show has received: “It’s been overwhelming. Somebody sent us an email saying that he’d been the business for 38 years and had never known anything to have had an impact like that.
“We’re number one in 80 countries, including Saudi Arabia, India, Australia… it’s just incredible. I didn’t think the subject matter would resonate with the world, but it really has.”
In a related revelation, Graham and Walters have spoken up following Thorne’s comments hinting at no future for Adolescence’s second season. While appearing on This Morning, he remarked, “The first is, I don’t think we’re the right people to tell Katie’s story.
“So, I think there are other makers out there that could tell beautiful dramas about Katie or girls like Katie, those shows should be made.
“Our aim was to try and tell Jamie’s story as fully as we possibly could, and maybe trying to tell her story would dilute that in some way, or maybe we would be inadequate to that task.”
Regarding a potential sequel, Thorne made it clear: “The second thing, in terms of the second series is, I think Jamie’s story is finished. I don’t think there’s anywhere more we can take Jamie, so I don’t think there is a series two.”
Alternatively, Thorne, who is passionate about the unique single-take format used to shoot each episode of the show, would relish the opportunity to apply this technique to new projects. He shared: “We’d love to explore the one-shot format in another way. We’d love to tell other stories with it, but I don’t think a series two of Adolescence is quite right for us.
“I hope what this show does is it doesn’t provide easy answers. It doesn’t say, ‘This is the way to solve this, this is the way to do that. I hope what it provokes is conversations on the sofa, conversations in classrooms, and, hopefully, conversations in government.”
Adolescence is available to stream on Netflix.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
