{"id":21639,"date":"2024-10-22T08:50:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:31:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T14:31:30","slug":"sweetpeas-ella-purnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/sweetpeas-ella-purnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Sweetpea\u2019s Ella Purnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The six-episode adaptation of C.J. Skuse\u2019s <em>Sweetpea\u00a0<\/em>bowed on STARZ on October 10, with Ella Purnell (<em>Fallout<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Yellowjackets<\/em>) taking the lead as Rhiannon Lewis, a wallflower who is often ignored by those around her. Continually overlooked for a promotion at work, ignored by the guy she likes and dealing with a very sick father, her life is anything but glamorous. When her dad dies, she is pushed over the edge and loses control, and the wallflower she once was disappears. 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