‘It is blackmail’: Last remaining Traitor in hit RT\u00c9 show issues ultimatum to Faithful son<\/a><\/p>\nAs well as officially announcing the production of the series beginning in Ireland, Netflix has unveiled a stellar, predominantly Irish cast for the upcoming series.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah Greene (Bad Sisters, Normal People) takes on the role of Jessie, while Barry Ward (Bad Sisters, The End of the F**ing World*) will play Johnny.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aisling Bea (This Way Up, Get Away) joins the ensemble as Cara, and Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy, Misfits) stars as Liam.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Amy-Leigh Hickman (YOU, Our Girl) plays Nell, and Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty, Ridley) steps into the role of Canice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sin\u00e9ad Cusack (Marcella, MotherFatherSon) will portray Rose, with Karin Hanczewski (Call My Agent: Berlin, Tatort) appearing as Ed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rising talent James Agnew, a recent graduate of Dublin\u2019s Lir Academy, makes his screen debut as Ferdia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rounding out the cast is Katelyn Rose Downey (Clean Sweep, Blade Runner 2099), named a 2025 Screen International Star of Tomorrow, who will play Saoirse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On her best-selling novel becoming a Netflix series author Marian Keyes said:\u00a0“The filming\u00a0of Grown Ups\u00a0has begun\u00a0in Dublin, and it feels like a succession of dreams come true. On 15\/10\/2020 at the height of Covid, I had a zoom call with Samantha Strauss from Picking Scabs (a See-Saw Films label). She was on Australia\u2019s Gold Coast adapting Liane Moriarty\u2019s Nine Perfect Strangers. I was closeted in my Dublin bedroom, once again in lockdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cSam had optioned the book (Grown Ups) six months earlier, but this was our first time to speak; our emotional and creative connection was immediate. Her questions were relevant and intelligent, and she was adamant that the show needed to be shot in Ireland.\u00a0 Countless books are optioned and very few ever make it to the screen. (I\u2019ve been there many times lol.) Funding is usually the biggest challenge. But from that first conversation I believed Sam and I trusted her. Then Netflix came on board and again it was so easy to like and trust the people involved. (For a long time, the only people I met related to this production were women).\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the predominantly Irish cast Keyes explained: \u201cThen casting began and it was above and beyond my wildest dreams: what an incredibly talented group of people. Likewise, the two directors and the hardworking crew.\u00a0Being part of this, seeing it all come together has been so exciting and so much fun. I\u2019m honoured by the hard work and commitment of everyone involved, I\u2019m beyond grateful for all the care that\u2019s been taken with my characters and most of all, I\u2019m enormously proud.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
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