(Thomas Haden Church &
Sarah Jessica Parker)
HBO’s all-new half-hour dramedy Divorce promises to present a long, hard look at marriage, and who
better to tell that story than former Sex
and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker, who also serves as an executive
producer on the show.
Parker stars as Frances, a woman who suddenly begins to
reassess her life and her marriage to long-time husband Robert (played by Oscar-nominee
Thomas Haden Church). Problem is, these two are about to discover that making a
clean break and a fresh start may be harder than they thought, more so for
Frances, who’s about to go through the never-ending process of unwinding a
marriage.
When asked about what drew her back to the small screen,
Parker said she had been developing the series for about four years. “There
wasn’t a script, specifically-there was a story I was wanting to tell and had
been curious about -the story of a marriage and an affair, and this was before The Affair (also scheduled on M-Net
Edge) was on the air, and what does that mean, how can that work in a marriage,
and what is an ordinary middle-class marriage in America right now?
“I hadn’t seen it portrayed on cinema or on television in a
really long time, and in a way that I was most curious about. I don’t think
this marriage is uniquely American, but I think that there is a time and a
place about it that speaks to an economy and the hopes and dreams of a
particular generation of people, and the disappointments in others and
themselves,” she continued.
The dramedy also stars Emmy-nominee Molly Shannon (Enlightened), Talia Balsam (Mad Men), Tracy Letts (Homeland), Sterling Jerins (World War Z) and Charlie Kilgore (Moonrise Kingdom). The pilot episode was
written by award-winning actress and creator of the series, Sharon Horgan, and
executive produced by Paul Simms, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sharon Horgan, Alison
Benson and Aaron Kaplan.
Divorce kicks off
on M-Net Edge channel 102 on DStv next week, scheduled Express from the US on October
11 at 01h00 and in Prime Time on October 14 at 21h00.
For the most updated schedules and more information about Divorce go to mnet.tv
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