Is The Girl Before based on a book?
THE new BBC One and HBO Max psychological thriller The Girl Before has finally reached our screens.
Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Plummer and Ben Hardy, let’s take a look at what the new series is based on.
Is The Girl Before based on a book?
The series is based on the novel of the same name by JP Delaney.
A global bestseller, The Girl Before has sold over one million copies since its publication in 2016.
It is published by Quercus in the UK and Ballantine in the US.
Given that it follows the book, The Girl Before is based on the story of Jane, a woman who is looking for a place to rent, but ends up stumbling upon a “rental opportunity of a lifetime”.
She is able to move into a luxurious, minimalist house known as ‘One Folgate Street.
However, there's one condition, that she abides by a long list of rules laid out by her landlord, an “enigmatic architect”.
Everything turns out to be more complicated than they first appeared.
The official synopsis reads: “Jane starts to feel the house changing her in unexpected ways, but when she makes the shocking discovery that her predecessor Emma died in the house, she’s forced to confront unnerving similarities.
“As the two women’s timelines interweave, Jane begins to question if her fate will be the same as the girl before…”
WHO STARS IN THE GIRL BEFORE?
Playing Jane is Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who recently starred as Hannah Schoenfeld in Apple TV+’s The Morning Show.
David Oyelowo, known for his roles in Selma and Les Misérables, will play Edward Monkford, the “enigmatic architect” who takes Jane into his home.
Since the show was announced, a number of other cast members have been revealed.
These include Eastenders’ Jessica Plummer, who will play Emma, a young woman working in marketing who is not happy with her partner.
X-Men: Apocalypse star Ben Hardy will also be joining the cast as Simon, Jane’s boyfriend.
