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‘Adolescence’ Writer Jack Thorne On The Missing Knife, The Scene He Agonized Over, Saving British Drama & His Zoom Encounter With Brad Pitt
'Adolescence’ writer Jack Thorne spoke to Deadline about the Netflix show's missing murder weapon, the scene he agonized over, and meeting Brad Pitt.
The writer was arriving back in London from Manchester, where he and Stephen Graham sat on BBC Breakfast’s famous red sofa to discuss their Netflix series in front of the British nation. Thorne and Adolescence director Philip Barantini first sat down with Deadline last month to tease the drama, which opens with 13-year-old Jamie Miller (played by the extraordinary newcomer Owen Cooper) being arrested by armed police on suspicion of murder. DEADLINE: It struck me that there is dissonance between the quality of Adolescence and Toxic Town, which you also wrote for Netflix this year, and the conversation that is going on in the UK industry at the moment about concerns over funding for British stories.
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