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EXCLUSIVE: Pearl Mackie (Doctor Who, The Diplomat), Chizzy Akudolu (Tommy & Tuppence, Holby City) and Kerry Howard (Him and Her, Bad Apples) are among nan six actresses making up nan formed of Grace Link‘s indie TV bid Locker Room Talk.
Link (Geek Girl, Bulletproof), Florence Andrews (House of Gucci, School of Rock) and Rhianna Merralls (Plebs) will information retired nan lead cast.
Locker Room Talk will unfold wholly wrong a women’s changing room aft a play yoga class. Link is nan showrunner and creator of nan seven-part comedy-drama, whose episodes will tally for 10 minutes and driblet of YouTube. Each section will see candid conversations astir assemblage image, health, relationship and nan contradictions of modern womanhood.
Link and Chloe Luo from Bag Lady Films and Amanda Boyle are nan executive producers, and accumulation is slated to statesman successful London up of a May release. Boyle is besides directing.
Partnering pinch nan bid are women’s wellness and wellbeing charities The Pachamama Project and BRC Chat, which producers opportunity reflects “commitment to amplifying conversations astir women’s bodies, healthcare and lived experience.” Molton Brown is simply a sponsor.
“This ensemble has nan wit and earthy magnetism of women I’d emotion to find myself sitting adjacent to connected a moist woody chair astatine 7am,” said Link. “Amanda and I couldn’t person wished for a much big-hearted, full-blooded, firecracker of a cast. The chemistry betwixt them was instant and electric; they dive into nan topics we excessively often susurration astir pinch wonder, mischief and a conspiratorial glee.”
“We ever knew this show would unrecorded aliases dice connected nan cast,” added Boyle. “You request characters you’d really want to addictively beryllium stuck successful a changing room with, and actors who are funny correct down to their bones but tin still break your heart.
“Pearl, Chizzy, Grace, Flo and Kerry bring each of that, each successful wholly different ways. Together they’ve sewage this chaotic, loveable, somewhat feral energy, and watching them rip into Grace’s scripts is simply a full riot.”
Mackie is represented by United Agents and Curate, Akudolu is repped InterTalent, Howard is represented by Curtis Brown, Andrews by Grantham Hazeldine, Link is repped by Independent Talent and Boyle is represented by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates.
