Matt Smith goes full unhealthy boy within the first have a look at Sky’s six-part collection “The Death of Bunny Munro,” primarily based on Nick Cave‘s cult novel.
In the debut picture launched from the collection, Smith — who’s enjoying the title character — sports activities solely his underwear as he will get able to mild up in a laundromat. By Smith’s facet is newcomer Rafael Mathé as Bunny Munro’s son, Bunny Junior.
Described as a “wild cautionary story” and “tender portrait of a father and son,” “The Death of Bunny Munro” takes place after Bunny’s spouse, Libby, dies by suicide. According to its official synopsis: “Sex-addicted door-to-door magnificence product salesman and self-professed lothario Bunny Munro finds himself saddled with a younger son and solely a free idea of parenting. Together with 9-year-old Bunny Junior he embarks on an epic and more and more out-of-control street journey throughout Southern England as the 2 battle to include their grief in very other ways. As Bunny bounces from one gross sales pitch to the subsequent, making an attempt to seduce any lady he meets, Bunny Junior kills time speaking to the ghost of his mom and distracting himself from the dawning realization that his dad isn’t simply fallible — he’s a whole mess. As he begins to unravel, Bunny realizes he should do one thing to rescue his son from his personal outdated notions of what it’s to be a person.”
Beyond Smith and Mathé, “The Death of Bunny Munro” additionally stars Sarah Greene (“Bad Sisters,” “Rosie”) as Libby, Johann Myers (“Somewhere Boy,” “Without Sin”) as Poodle, Robert Glenister (“Sherwood,” “Hustle”) as Geoffrey, Alice Feetham (“Boiling Point,” “Save Me”) as Yvonne, David Threlfall (“Shameless,” “Funny Woman”) as Bunny Snr, Lindsay Duncan (“Truelove,” “The Morning Show”) as Doris Pennington and Elizabeth Berrington (“Last Night in Soho,” “In Bruges”) as Charlotte Parnovar.
The present, set to premiere in 2025, was written by BAFTA winner Pete Jackson (“Somewhere Boy”) and directed by “Industry” helmer Isabella Eklöf. Smith, Cave, Jackson and Eklöf function government producers and the collection is produced by Clerkenwell Films (“Baby Reindeer”) in affiliation with Sky Studios. Commissioning editor Manpreet Dosanjh is government producer for Sky Studios whereas Petra Fried, Ed Macdonald and Emily Harrison government produce for Clerkenwell Films. Matthew Mulot serves as a producer.
