Adrian Dunbar and Aisling Bea to star in adaptation of Marian Keyes’ Grown Ups
By Laura Harding, Deputy Entertainment Editor
Line Of Duty actor Adrian Dunbar and Bad Sisters actress Sarah Greene will star in a TV adaptation of Marian Keyes’ best-selling novel Grown Ups for Netflix.
The eight-part drama about the chaotic lives of a tight-knit Irish family has started filming in and around Dublin.
It will also star Umbrella Academy actor Robert Sheehan and This Way Up actress Aisling Bea, while Greene will reunite with her Bad Sisters co-star Barry Ward.
Also joining the cast are You star Amy-Leigh Hickman and Marcella’s Sinead Cusack.
The show will follow the family after the “good son” dies unexpectedly, setting off a seismic emotional reckoning, as the Caseys fall in and out of love, confront old wounds and make some new ones.
It will be written and created by Samantha Strauss, who said: “I know I’m not alone in being obsessed with every word Marian Keyes has ever written, and it is a true life highlight to be trusted with her characters as we bring the Casey family and the world of Grown Ups to Netflix.
“James Griffiths, our set up director, is already crafting something beautiful and very human. I am pinching myself to be in the company of our preposterously glorious cast and our fantastic crew as we shoot here in sunny Ireland.”
Keyes added: “The filming of Grown Ups has begun in Dublin and it feels like a succession of dreams come true.”
She continued: “Being part of this, seeing it all come together, has been so exciting and so much fun.
“I’m honoured by the hard work and commitment of everyone involved. I’m beyond grateful for all the care that’s been taken with my characters and most of all, I’m enormously proud.”
