{"id":551701,"date":"2026-07-15T22:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/551701\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:41:36","slug":"alice-and-steve-why-everyones-talking-about-the-age-gap-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/551701\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice and Steve: Why everyone&#8217;s talking about the age-gap show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone and their mother is talking about the new age-gap romantic drama on Disney+, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k_7EEeSvssQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Alice and Steve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The series unpacks what would happen (hypothetically) if your daughter hooked up with your best friend, not just for sex, for love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s everything we know about the series, if you&#8217;re thinking about watching it.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s it about?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-2_790e7e.jpg\" alt=\"Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney+\" class=\"wp-image-2170583\"  \/>Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney+<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The series follows Alice, a mum whose life is upended when her best friend, Steve, strikes up a romantic relationship with her 26-year-old daughter, Izzy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair finds their 25-year friendship under strain as she struggles with feelings of betrayal, jealousy and the fear of losing both her daughter and her closest friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It becomes Alice&#8217;s mission to break them up. It leads to a series of awkward, funny, and emotionally complicated situations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ALICE-AND-STEVE-310326-Alice-and-Steve-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney\" class=\"wp-image-2170578\"  \/>Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney+<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve seems unfazed by her attempts, but their relationship turns from a close friendship into a chaotic feud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The series explores how far someone will go to protection or reclaim what they value most.<\/p>\n<p>Who stars in Alice and Steve?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-1_e6edeb.jpg\" alt=\"Nicola Walker stars in Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney+\" class=\"wp-image-2170582\"  \/>Nicola Walker stars in Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney+<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicola Walker stars as Alice, whose long-standing friendship with Steve is tested when he starts dating her daughter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jemaine Clement, who many will know as the voice of Tamatoa in <a href=\"https:\/\/evoke.ie\/2026\/07\/08\/entertainment\/tv\/review-moana-live-action\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moana<\/a>, stars as Steve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere, Yali Topol Margalith stars as Alice&#8217;s 26-year-old daughter, Izzy, at the centre of the best friends&#8217; conflict.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;re people saying about the series?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/compose.jpg\" alt=\"Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney\" class=\"wp-image-2170575\"  \/>Alice and Steve. Pic: Disney+<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Viewers can prep themselves for a &#8216;twist&#8217; they didn&#8217;t see coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One YouTube user penned: &#8216;the mom has the right reaction&#8230; also the fact that it&#8217;s the same producers as BABY REINDEER!!??!?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another wrote: &#8216;Okay, so I sorta sensed the twist coming\u2026 BUT considering it was a DISNEY trailer, I fully set myself up for another extra vanilla plot and didn\u2019t think they\u2019d actually go there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A third commented: &#8216;Holy wow wow, I NEED to see this so much.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Watch the trailer for Alice and Steve below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone and their mother is talking about the new age-gap romantic drama on Disney+, Alice and Steve. 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