The first trailer for the anticipated Netflix adaptation of David Nicolls’ bestselling novel One Day has been released.
The 14-episode series hits the streaming service on February 8 and stars White Lotus actor Leo Woodall and This Is Going To Hurt’s Ambika Mod.
The first trailer tells the 20-year story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who, speaking for the very first time on July 15, 1988, the evening of their graduation from the University of Edinburgh.
The next morning they go their separate ways, but the novel and the TV series catch up with them on the same day every year.
In each episode, we see Dex and Em, a year older, on this one specific date, as they grow and change, together and apart, experiencing joy and heartbreak.
The first trailer for the anticipated Netflix adaptation of David Nicolls’ bestselling novel One Day has been released
The 14-episode series hits the streaming service on February 8 and stars White Lotus actor Leo Woodall and This Is Going To Hurt’s Ambika Mod.
The trailer shows the pair’s first meeting at a college party as Emma’s voiceover muses, “It’s one of the great cosmic mysteries.” How can someone go from a complete stranger to the most important person in your life.’
The teaser then reveals clips of the pair through the years, as Dexter chases his ambition to be rich at 40 and Emma chases her dreams of ‘doing something that really makes a difference’.
Eleanor Tomlinson also appears in the trailer as Dex’s wife Sylvie.
The cast is completed by Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries), Tim McInnerny (Blackadder), Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) and Joely Richardson (Lady Chatterley).
The decades-long love story is based on David Nicholls’ 2009 novel, which has sold more than five million copies worldwide.
It is not the first time that the story of Emma and Dexter has appeared on the cinema. A film starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess was released in 2011, but received mixed reviews.
Jan Moir, writing for the Daily Mail at the time, described the film as “as fake as Anne Hathaway’s accent.”
While Nicholls wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film, Scottish screenwriter Nicole Taylor led the writing team for the Netflix adaptation.
The decades-long love story is based on David Nicholls’ 2009 novel, which has sold more than five million copies worldwide.
The first trailer tells the 20-year story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who spoke for the very first time on July 15, 1988, the evening of their graduation from Edinburgh University
The trailer shows the pair’s first meeting as Emma’s voiceover muses: ‘How can someone go from a total stranger to the most important person in your life’
In each episode, we see Dex and Em, a year older, on this one specific date, as they grow and change, together and apart, experiencing joy and heartbreak.
Taylor won a BAFTA for Best Writer for her 2017 BBC series Three Girls, about the Rochdale grooming scandal.
Nicholls is on board as executive producer.
Lead star Ambika told earlier RadioTimes.com that the series can spend “more time” on the decades-spanning book, with each episode dedicated to each year of the friends’ lives.
‘I really enjoyed the film, but I think a lot of people felt – and I agree – that an hour and a half film is usually not enough to dedicate to this epic novel that spans twenty years.’ explained.
“So hopefully in our series we can cover more ground and dig into the story with more detail.”
“I really like the way our writers are going about it, and hopefully people can just see more of the book in the series.”
One Day will be available on Netflix from February 8.
The teaser reveals clips of the pair through the years, as Dexter chases his ambition to be rich at 40 and Emma chases her dreams of ‘doing something that makes a difference’
Poldark star Eleanor Tomlinson also appears in the trailer as Dex’s wife Sylvie
The book’s author, David Nicholls, is on board as an executive producer for the Netflix adaptation