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Jack Thorne On The Connection Between ‘Adolescence’ & ‘Lord Of The Flies’ And International Buyers Struggling With His 2021 Series ‘Help’: “We Were Told The Accents Are Too Strong

'Adolescence' writer Jack Thorne Alan Chapman/ Prolific British screenwriter Jack Thorne is at this year’s Berlinale with his latest project, Lord of the Flies, which he told an audience of industry professionals during a Q&A session was shot and produced at the same time as his massive Netflix breakout, Adolescence. “We were working on them at the same time, and we shot them the same summer. The only difference is that Adolescence didn’t have a very long edit process,” Thorne said this morning during the session.

Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne

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Key Highlights

  • “They both definitely fed into each other, particularly, a lot of Lord of the Flies fed into Adolescence, but it is about a different period of time.
  • The difference between boys aged 10 and 12 compared to 13 and 14 is huge.
  • All the boys in Flies are negotiating the people they’re going to become, whereas Jamie has made decisions about the person he is when we meet him in Adolescence.
  • So there are similarities, but there are vast differences.” Related Stories News Author Arundhati Roy Cancels Berlinale Appearance Due To Jury's "Stay Out Of Politics" Comments: "I Am Shocked & Disgusted"; Festival Responds News Haley Lu Richardson & Michael Peña Deliver Whacky Berlin Photocall With Headstands & High Kicks Thorne spoke at length with Berlinale Series Advisor Rowan Woods about a variety of topics during the session, including his speedy working rhythms, telling Woods that he only works on “two projects at once.” Watch on Deadline “That’s all I ever do,” he said.
  • “And I need two projects because if I get stuck, I stop sleeping.
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  1. Jack Thorne On The Connection Between ‘Adolescence’ & ‘Lord Of The Flies’ And International Buyers Struggling With His 2021 Series ‘Help’: “We Were Told The Accents Are Too Strong

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