Conversations with Friends: Who stars in the Hulu series?

CONVERSATIONS with Friends is an upcoming BBC Three and Hulu television series based on Sally Rooney’s 2017 novel of the same name. 

This is the second adaptation of a Sally Rooney novel; the first being Normal People. 

Who stars in the Hulu series?

In February 2021, Joe Alwyn, Jemima Kirke, Sasha Lane, and Alison Oliver were named as the book’s main characters.

Conversations, like Normal People, will most likely include a small cast. 

Oliver, a recent graduate of Dublin’s Lir Academy, where Normal People actor Paul Mescal also graduated, will portray Frances. 

Lane will portray Bobbi, with Alwyn and Kirke playing Nick and Melissa, respectively.

What is the series based on?

Thanks to the popularity of her first two novels about coming-of-age, Rooney has become one of the most well-known authors in the literary world. 

Rooney’s debut novel Conversations with Friends follows best friends and former lovers Frances and Bobbi, who recite poetry together at a Dublin university. 

The friendship they form with an older married couple, journalist Melissa and actor Nick, puts their tight-knit dynamic in jeopardy.

While Bobbi defends Melissa and distances herself from Frances, Frances and Nick have a hidden romantic relationship. 

Both friends take sides in the marriage of the other couple, putting their own relationship at risk.

Joe Alwyn will be portraying Nick in Conversations with FriendsPA:Press Association

When does the Conversations with Friends adaptation premiere on Hulu?

Hulu plans to release the series’ 12 half-hour episodes in March or April 2022, according to Vogue. 

Though there is no trailer for the series just yet, with a spring release date, one should soon be expected.

However, many stills of the characters on a European vacation, as well as a look of Oliver and Alwyn in character, have been released via Vanity Fair. 

Conversations with Friends is directed by Irish filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson – who is best known for his film Room – and written by screenwriter Alice Birch, who worked with Rooney on the screenplay for Normal People.