Kate Atkinson’s bestselling 2013 novel “Life After Life” has been brought to vivid life as a four-part BBC series by a heavyweight team. The story centers on Ursula Todd who dies …
, BAFTA winner for outstanding British contribution to cinema, whose credits include “Billy Elliott,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Last King of Scotland,” “Ex Machina” and “Room.”John Crowley
about Doran. “The novel has an extraordinary conceit, but in the end, it’s about how we live a good life. It’s got a big, philosophical humanity about it.” There was another long wait for Doran to say yes. McKenzie too was drawn to the script and immediately read the book as well, in order to understand that world better. Crowley also gave her books to read on The Blitz, the German aerial campaign against Britain during WWII, and on children with past lives, as both were directly relevant to the character of Ursula in the series.
While “Life After Life” is a period drama set between pastoral, Edwardian England and wartime London, Crowley wanted to elevate the material beyond that. The team discussed the evocative childhood depicted in Jane Campion’s “An Angel at My Table” and the observational tone in Stanley Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon.”
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