It’s been a good year for Matt Smith. Between seasons of House Of The Dragon, he’s gone full-punk in Caught Stealing, is currently in a galaxy far, far away shooting Star Wars: Starfighter, and somehow has found the time to star in a long-awaited adaptation: The Death Of Bunny Munro. Nick Cave’s second novel, released in 2009, arrived around when he was also penning screenplays for the likes of The Proposition and Lawless, concerning a sex-addicted salesman who takes a road trip around Brighton with his son. Now, all these years later, we’re getting a series adaptation, with Smith starring as Bunny Monro. Check out the trailer:
The six-part series comes from director Isabella Eklöf, with Pete Jackson (no, not the Lord Of The Rings filmmaker) penning the screenplays. Newcomer Rafael Mathé has been cast alongside Smith as young Bunny Jr. Here’s the official synopsis: “After his wife’s death, a sex-addicted door-to-door salesman and self-professed lothario Bunny Munro (Matt Smith) takes his young son on a chaotic sales tour around Brighton and beyond, where he is forced to confront what kind of man — and father — he really is. Adapted from Nick Cave’s acclaimed novel, The Death of Bunny Munro is both a wild cautionary tale and a tender portrait of the relationship between father and son.”
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The adaptation comes from Sky – and it’ll be available to watch on Sky and NOW from 20 November.