{"id":13306,"date":"2020-06-15T10:03:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amc-ben-whishaw-board-bbc-twos-going-hurt\/"},"modified":"2020-06-15T10:03:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:03:18","slug":"amc-ben-whishaw-board-bbc-twos-this-is-going-to-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/amc-ben-whishaw-board-bbc-twos-this-is-going-to-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"AMC, Ben Whishaw Board BBC Two\u2019s This Is Going to Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Whishaw (<em>A Very English Scandal<\/em>, <em>Skyfall<\/em>,<em> London Spy)<\/em> is set to star in the new series <em>This Is Going to Hurt<\/em>, based on Adam Kay\u2019s best-selling memoir of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>Whishaw will play the screen version of Adam in the series, which has been adapted by Kay himself. The project is produced by Sister (<em>Giri<\/em>\/<em>Haji<\/em>, <em>Chernobyl<\/em>, <em>Gangs of London<\/em>) in association with Terrible Productions, and AMC is on board as co-producer.<\/p>\n<p>Director Lucy Forbes (<em>In My Skin<\/em>, <em>The End of the Fucking World<\/em> season two) is confirmed as the series lead director. The international distribution will be handled by BBC Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Kay\u2019s diaries\u2014scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends\u2014tell the unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynecology. Whishaw is set to play the fictional version of Adam, who we find wending his way through the ranks of hospital hierarchy: junior enough to suffer the crippling hours, but senior enough to face a constant barrage of terrifying responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Whishaw said: \u201cI am proud to join this exciting adaptation of Adam Kay\u2019s terrific book <em>This Is Going to Hurt<\/em> based on his experiences working in the NHS. It\u2019s an honest, hilarious, heartbreaking look at the great institution and the army of unsung heroes who work there under the most stressful conditions. The COVID-19 crisis has now shed even more light on their great work and underlines the necessity to support the NHS and its workers. I look forward to telling this story with director Lucy Forbes and the great team at Sister to bring Adam\u2019s words to life and I am really grateful to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forbes added: &#8220;This hilarious and heartbreaking view of the NHS, that we have so long taken for granted, feels more relevant than ever &#8211; and what better person to play Adam than the wonderful Whishaw! So looking forward to working with Ben, and the Sister team to bring Adam Kay\u2019s painfully funny book to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kay commented: \u201cBen is quite simply one of the finest actors our country has ever produced and a bona fide national treasure. There\u2019s simply no one who could do a better job of playing (a much more handsome version of) me. Best still, I now have an answer to the standard dinner party question: &#8216;Who would play you in the story of your life?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naomi de Pear, executive producer at Sister, said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited to be working with the magical combination of the huge talents that are Ben Whishaw and Lucy Forbes. Who better to bring to life the tragedy, comedy and complexity of both Dr. Adam Kay and the beautiful beast that is our NHS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama, added: \u201cNot just anyone could evoke the waspish wit, the pathos or the brilliant bloody-mindedness of <em>TIGTH<\/em>\u2019s Adam. But thankfully we didn\u2019t just need anyone\u2014we just needed Ben and it\u2019s a testament to the quality of Adam\u2019s scripts and the expertise of the team at Sister that Ben has agreed to come on board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan McDermott, president of original programming for AMC and co-president of AMC Studios, commented: \u201cAs we continue to search for unique voices and uncover authentic and rarely seen worlds, we\u2019re proud to once again partner with the remarkable creative team at Sister on this timely series focusing a lens on the societal and cultural issues surrounding the healthcare system. Adam has provided insightful source material with <em>This Is Going to Hurt<\/em>, laying a foundation for a topical, darkly comedic and breathtakingly poignant series, and we\u2019re thrilled to welcome established talent both in front of and behind the camera with Ben Whishaw and Lucy Forbes on board.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Whishaw (A Very English Scandal, Skyfall, London Spy) is set to star in the new series This Is Going to Hurt, based on Adam Kay\u2019s best-selling memoir of the same name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[138,99,3910],"class_list":["post-13306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amc","tag-bbc-two","tag-ben-whishaw","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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