First Images from the Set of The Casual Vacancy

Sep 04, 2014

Posted by: Catherine

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The first images from the set of BBC One’s adaption of J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy have surfaced. The Daily Mail has released images of actress Keeley Hawes in her role as Samantha Mollison. Also on set was Michael Gambon (Professor Dumbledore), who plays Keeley Hawes’ fictitious husband, Howard Mollison. The photos also include shots of Hetty Banes-Russell, who plays Howard Mollison’s business partner Maureen Lowe, in costume; Keeley Forsyth, as drug addict mother Terri Weedon, being applied with make-up bruises and sores by costume artists; and Rory Kinnear, prowling around set in his small role as Barry Fairbrother, who dies in the first scene of the novel. The Daily Mail reported:

 

The mini-series will also star Julia McKenzie as Howard’s wife Shirley and Simon McBurney as deputy headteacher Cubby Wall.

The Casual Vacancy was Rowling’s first novel following her wildly successful Harry Potter series, and was the first targeted at an adult readership.

Rowling’s book was first optioned by BBC One in the UK in 2012, but only started production once HBO signed up to co-produce the series for the US too.


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