One Day is the Netflix present that everybody goes to be speaking about. Based on the bestselling 2009 novel by David Nicholls, the story follows two buddies and their will-they-gained’t-they relationship over time. This isn’t the primary adaptation of the novel, as a film starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess was launched again in 2011.
Chatting to HELLO!, Jonny Weldon, who performs Ian within the new collection, opened up about how the brand new present differs from the film. “I have seen [the film],” he stated.
“I believe that the TV present goes to incorporate extra issues. There are storylines, and there are characters that are not within the authentic. The nature of One Day is of course very episodic.
“Every chapter and episode are very compatible. So in that sense, it’s going to be reflective of reading the book in the sense that every year passes as in the chapter, every year passes with an episode as well, which is different to the movie… They obviously felt that was right to change the lengths of it and stay true to the way they see the characters’ journeys going.”
In the present, This is Going to Hurt star Ambika Mod and The White Lotus actor Leo Woodall take over the roles as Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew respectively, and Jonny opened up concerning the pleasure of taking part in Emma’s boyfriend within the present.
“Ambika’s great. I used to be clearly very conversant in her work, like the remainder of the nation, in This is Going to Hurt. She’s simply sensible, heartbreaking.
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“We had to have chemistry reads where you go in and read with people that are also auditioning for the role or have been cast. I’ve never told her of this, and she’d probably dismiss it, but I was internally fangirling! I thought she was brilliant and then a total joy to work with. Very lovely, very focused, just a really nice person to work with. We stayed good friends as well.”
So for individuals who have but to observe the present, what’s One Day all about? The synopsis reads: “One Day tells the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, on 15th July 1988, the night of their graduation, speak for the very first time. The next morning, they go their separate ways but where will they be on this one ordinary day the next year, and the year after that, and every year that follows?
“Each episode finds Dex and Em, one year older, on this one particular date, as they grow and change, move together and apart, experience joy and heartbreak.”
Speaking about why viewers will love the present, Jonny added: “What Emma and Dexter go through is what all people go through. It’s about first love. It’s about growing up. It’s about experiencing the world. It’s about loss. It’s about so many collective universal things. It’s very real. Most people I’d say have an Em or a Dexter in their lives. So it’s hugely relatable, and I think as well there’s something very British about it.”
One Day was launched on 8 February 2024 on Netflix.
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