{"id":337863,"date":"2021-09-11T06:48:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T03:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-new-dark-comedy-finding-alice\/"},"modified":"2021-09-11T06:48:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T03:48:57","slug":"keeley-hawes-stars-in-new-dark-comedy-finding-alice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/keeley-hawes-stars-in-new-dark-comedy-finding-alice\/","title":{"rendered":"#Keeley Hawes stars in new dark comedy &#8216;Finding Alice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Keeley Hawes stars in new dark comedy &#8216;Finding Alice&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Michael Starr\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/michael-starr-hs02.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>British actress Keeley Hawes, who recently discovered \u201cThe Sopranos,\u201d said she <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied its dark humor to her new <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, \u201cFinding Alice,\u201d premiering Monday (Sept. 13) on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/acorn.tv\/about\/?gclid=CjwKCAjwhOyJBhA4EiwAEcJdcXYoVVxD2QXFZvHYUuiVG6TJ80gDDd8H9t5O7IhI72vBqKi5AWX3IhoCIMMQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\">Acorn TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m late to the party, but \u2026 \u2018The Sopranos\u2019 has shot to the top of my all-time-favorite-shows list,\u201d Hawes, 45, told The Post. \u201cThere are such great examples within that incredible show; such dark moments but there\u2019s always humor nearby. You\u2019re laughing through the shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That would describe \u201cFinding Alice\u201d protagonist Alice Dillon\u2019s (Hawes) reaction to the death of her husband, Harry (Jason Merrells). He\u2019s found dead at the bottom of the stairs in the high tech \u201cdream house\u201d he designed for Alice and their teenage daughter, Charlotte (Isabella Pappas). Harry\u2019s awful exit occurs on the family\u2019s very first night in the house \u2014 and it plunges Alice down a coping rabbit hole she peppers with grief, humor and odd behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInevitably, when you\u2019re talking to people about having lost someone and about the [grief] process, which is awful and inevitable, people more often than not have a funny story,\u201d Hawes said. \u201cCrying is very closely connected to laughing, that\u2019s part of it, and I think that, as humans, we like to find the light in those dark situations.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Photo of Isabella Pappas and Keeley Hawes as Charlotte and Alice in &quot;Finding Alice.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19415533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Isabella Pappas and Keeley Hawes as Charlotte and Alice in \u201cFinding Alice,\u201d premiering Sept. 13 on Acorn TV.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joss Baratt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For Alice, that\u2019s insisting that Harry be buried in the backyard garden (she digs the hole herself, using a backhoe), much to the consternation of her parents, Roger and Sarah (Nigel Havers, Joanna Lumley) and her disapproving in-laws, Gerry and Minnie (Kenneth Cranham, Gemma Jones) \u2014 while Charlotte wrestles privately with her grief. Before long, family secrets are uncovered, new characters emerge and Harry\u2019s death may not be what it seemed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Gemma Jones and Kenneth Cranham as Minnie and Gerry.\" class=\"wp-image-19415828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-06.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harry\u2019s parents, Minnie and Gerry (Gemma Jones, Kenneth Cranham).<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joss Baratt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLosing someone close to you \u2014 your emotions and your world \u2014 all of it is turned upside-down,\u201d said Hawes, the \u201cLine of Duty\u201d and \u201cBodyguard\u201d star who co-created the six-episode series with Roger Goldby and Simon Nye. \u201cI think that\u2019s reflected in Alice\u2019s behavior and her treatment of other people and her daughter. We wanted to explore all of those things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s a little like marmite \u2014 I think you either love her or hate her \u2014 but I can\u2019t help liking her,\u201d she said, alluding to the processed food spread that\u2019s popular in the UK. \u201cI really enjoyed playing her, and the fact that she does veer from one emotion to the next is a bit of a dream for an actor. She\u2019s someone who\u2019s in shock and feels alone \u2026 and as the series goes on she does calm down a bit and secrets continue to come out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hawes said she has a long history with her \u201cFinding Alice\u201d co-creators Goldby and Nye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked with Roger and Simon on \u2018The Durrells\u2019 for four seasons in Corfu and we had a long working relationship,\u201d she said of the ITV dramedy (2016-19). \u201cWhen that show came to an end we had become friends and great colleagues and thought why not continue that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we got our heads together and everyone brought different ideas to the table, and out of those ideas came \u2018Finding Alice.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Nigel Haver and Joanna Lumley as Roger and Sarah in &quot;Finding Alice.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19415581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/finding-alice-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nigel Haver and Joanna Lumley as Roger and Sarah Dillon in \u201cFinding Alice.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">JOSS BARRATT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hawes said this is her first \u201cofficial\u201d time working with Lumley, who won two BAFTA Awards for her role as Patsy in the classic Britcom \u201cAbsolutely Fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did a Comic Relief \u2018Bodyguard\u2019 special with her a couple of years ago. She\u2019s just phenomenal,\u201d she said of Lumley. \u201cEven on that [special], she came in and had all the dialogue down and had been a presenter at the film BAFTAs the night before and went to all the parties and showed up in the morning looking fresh as a daisy. Just having her on the set brightens everyone\u2019s day. Nigel [Havers] is very similar \u2014 they\u2019re a great pair of national treasures here who are very beloved.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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