{"id":1227899,"date":"2019-05-01T06:54:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T05:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=1227899"},"modified":"2019-05-01T06:54:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T05:54:52","slug":"lisa-kudrow-joins-cast-of-e4-and-netflixs-mae-and-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2019\/05\/01\/lisa-kudrow-joins-cast-of-e4-and-netflixs-mae-and-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Kudrow joins cast of E4 and Netflix’s Mae and George"},"content":{"rendered":"
Production has started on E4<\/a> and Netflix<\/a>\u2019s up-coming comedy drama Mae and George (working title) and the cast has been revealed.<\/p>\n Canadian comedian Mae Martin stars in the series, which she co-wrote with Joe Hampson. She is joined by Lisa Kudrow (Friends), Charlotte Ritchie (Call the Midwife), Sophie Thompson (Bounty Hunters), Adrian Lukis (The Crown) and Philip Burgers (The Passage).<\/p>\n Find out who everyone is playing below:<\/p>\n Charlotte Ritchie stars as Mae\u2019s new girlfriend George, who is both the balm to Mae\u2019s anxiety and the cause of it.<\/p>\n Ritchie said: \u201cIt is a total dream to be involved in a show like this. It is so thoughtfully written and full of beautiful details but also makes me laugh so much. I feel so very grateful to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Sophie Thompson (Detectorists, Bounty Hunters) plays Maggie, Mae\u2019s fellow recovering addict and confidante.<\/p>\n Thompson commented: \u201cI wanted this job so much after reading the scripts – to me they were so funny, scorchingly honest and profoundly human. When I got the job – I literally did a jig of deep glee. Mae amazes me, and so does Joe – to be a part of something so original is such a genuine joy.\u201d<\/p>\n Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback, Friends) is Mae\u2019s powerful and charismatic mother Linda who, despite living in Canada, still impacts Mae\u2019s life from afar.<\/p>\n Kudrow added: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be playing Linda but I first fell in love with Mae and the scripts she and Joe wrote. It\u2019s sweet and very funny and awkward and well observed.\u201d<\/p>\n Adrian Lukis (The Crown, Pride and Prejudice) plays Mae\u2019s romantic English father, whilst Philip Burgers (The Passage, The Characters) is Mae and George\u2019s enigmatic flatmate Phil.<\/p>\n The series also stars Ophelia Lovibond (W1A, Elementary), Tom Durant-Pritchard (The Crown, Endeavour) and Al Roberts (Stath lets Flats, Flowers) as George\u2019s friends Binky, Hugh and Jared; Pippa Haywood (Bodyguard, Greenwing) as George\u2019s mum Felicity, and Ritu Arya (Humans, Sticks and Stones) as Maggie\u2019s estranged daughter Lava.<\/p>\n Tobi Bamtefa (Tin Star, The Witcher), Steen Raskopoulos (Top Coppers, Scare BnB) and Jack Barry (Turn Up Charlie, Catastrophe) play Mae\u2019s stand-up cohorts, whilst her addicts anonymous support comes in the form of Ramon Tikaram (The Victim, Flowers), Sindhu Vee (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You), Rosalind March (Denmark, Jonathan Creek) and Tom Andrews (Plebs, Yesterday).<\/p>\n The six-part series is produced by Objective Fiction out of OMG Scotland with international partners all3media international. It is directed by Ally Pankiw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Find out who else will feature in the cast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1227900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[125,7999,35185,8677],"yoast_head":"\n