Nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards have been announced, and the most-honored limited or anthology series is Adolescence, which, over the course of four staggering episodes filmed in a single shot, looks at the arrest of one young boy for murder and the impact of the investigation on those around him.
Awards Buzz spoke with four of the show’s nominees: actress Christine Tremarco, actor Ashley Walters, director Philip Barantini, and casting director Shaheen Baig. Watch the videos above to hear their initial perceptions of the project, what it was like to make it, the casting process and journey to locking in Emmy nominee Owen Cooper, and how they’re feeling now that this extremely popular series is being celebrated by TV voters. Check out the full interviews below:
About Adolescence:
“Adolescence”, which is now available for streaming is four-part limited series with each episode filmed in a single, one continuous shot format. The series is truly a gripping, real-time experience! The story, set in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, follows a family whose world is turned upside down when their 13-year-old son, Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl from his school.
Stephen Graham, who co-created and wrote the series with Jack Thorne (The Swimmers, Joy), explained their vision: “We could have made a drama about gangs and knife crime, or about a kid whose mother is an alcoholic or whose father is a violent abuser. Instead, we wanted you to look at this family and think, ‘My God. This could be happening to us!’ And what’s happening here is an ordinary family’s worst nightmare.”
The series is directed by Philip Barantini, who also used a similar continuous one-shot style in his 2021 BAFTA- and BIFA-nominated film “Boiling Point”, which also starred Graham. “Adolescence” is executive produced by Mark Herbert and Emily Feller for Warp Films; Graham and Hannah Walters for Matriarch Productions; Thorne for One Shoe Films; Barantini for It’s All Made Up Productions; and Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, and Nina Wolarsky for Plan B Entertainment. Carina Sposato (Plan B Entertainment), Peter Balm, and Niall Shamma (Warp Films) serve as co-executive producers, and Jo Johnson is the producer.
Adolescence is streaming on Netflix.
