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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ellie Harrison

Don’t ruin my Netflix series with awful Irish accents, says Marian Keyes

Sam Hardwick and Hay Festival

The terrible Irish accent is as ubiquitous in film and TV as car chases and defective detectives – and Marian Keyes has had enough of it.

The bestselling Irish author’s 2020 novel Grown Ups – a comedy about how one woman’s concussion leads to an outpouring of long-repressed gripes and secrets – is being adapted into a Netflix TV series by the team behind Apple TV+’s acclaimed spy drama Slow Horses.

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