I had a really long post typed up about this but I dropped my phone and Zing went back a page and it’s gone. Sad!
Anyway, Disney adapted classic Jilly Cooper novel Rivals, which I’ve read maybe twenty times.
What are the novels like, you ask?
🧵Some real Jilly Cooper quotes from her Rutshire Chronicles, the series of books that Rivals is from.
1) "Her breasts swayed like party balloons when the front door opens"— Sooz Kempner is going on tour! L I N K I N B I O (@SoozUK) October 18, 2024
Yes, exactly. I literally only heard about this adaptation this week, the same week it’s out. The casting is incredible - Aidan Turner as Declan O’Hara who is supposed to be a prestige tv interviewer with a style halfway between Jeremy Paxman and Isaac Chotiner who looks like, well, Aidan Turner, might be the single best bit of casting I’ve seen in forever.
Danny Dyer(!) as loveable cockney electronics magnate (did I mention this is set in THE EIGHTIES and those caps are justified?) remains to be seen but I’m intrigued by the possibilities. David Tennant is playing Tony Baddingham, an absolute unmitigated cunt of a human being, and I fully expect him to chew every piece of scenery going.
Did I mention it’s set in the super telegenic Cotswolds?
Anyway this came out yesterday, I’m hoping at least one of you will either be watching this or intrigued enough to do so, because it’s the quality trash we need right now.
― gyac, Saturday, 19 October 2024 14:00 (four months ago) link
Wow I hadn’t seen the trailer but the fact they kept in a scene where someone sprays perfume on her public hair makes me think there’s a 99% chance this makes it in too
I’m going to declare this an area of outstanding natural beauty,’ said REDACTED. Reaching for his glass of champagne on the bedside table, he emptied it into her bush and proceeded to lick it all off. After REDACTED’s fragility, he reflected as he climbed on top of her, it was like having a wonderfully sturdy cob between your thighs.
― gyac, Saturday, 19 October 2024 14:39 (four months ago) link
I really enjoyed what I read of SCORE! but ultimately failed to mount it, and have saved the paperback to finish during some imagined two-week package holiday of the future. This looks really fun, though, will definitely watch.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 11:53 (four months ago) link
The heavy featuring of opera in this show makes me think/hope they do the Rannaldini books because PLEASE. Also they’ve made numerous references to the other books.
― gyac, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 12:24 (four months ago) link
Also Declan pops off at someone because they make an anti-Irish joke in his earpiece while he’s preparing to do a show and his wife Maud describes his colleagues as a load of Tories. It really is such a fun show.
― gyac, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 12:25 (four months ago) link
hello i am here for this muly mum read jilly cooper when i was a kid, that RIVALS paperback cover is a vivid flashback
anyway i’ll start watching this weekend looking forward to lots of uh polo
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 23 October 2024 05:13 (three months ago) link