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Nicôle Lecky Says Streamers Didn’t Understand The “Nuance” & “Specificity” Behind Her BAFTA-Winning BBC Drama ‘Mood’


'Mood's Nicole Lecky has said streamers didn't understand nuances behind her BAFTA winning show.

It garnered strong reviews from critics for its originality and understanding of social media culture, beating This is Going to the Hurt to the coveted Best Mini-Series BAFTA last year. Lecky heaped praise on public broadcasters but spotlighted the difficulties of being a diverse talent hitting a “middling point” in her career, which the industry “isn’t so good with.” She said she “relates” to Jeffrey Wright movie American Fiction, which follows a frustrated novelist who writes a satire of stereotypical ‘Black’ books, only for it to be mistaken by the liberal elite for serious literature.

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