Sarah Lancashire to Play Julia Child for HBO Max Drama
Last Tango in Halifax star Sarah Lancashire is set to play the iconic Julia Child in HBO Max's Julia, which aims to tell the complicated life story of the famous chef, cookbook author and television personality.
The series is largely inspired by Child's series The French Chef, which basically invented the concept of food television that has come to dominate half of your cable dial today. But, according to the series offical description, it will tacle a great deal more than that. Through Child and her singular can-do spirit, it explores an evolving time in American history — the emergence of a new social institution called public television, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural growth.
Joan Cusack was originally attached to the starring role. But Lancashire, who has also starred in series as diverse as Happy Valley, Lark Rise to Candleford and The Paradise, certainly seems like an excellent and able replacement. (Though, to be fair, there's something a bit strange about a Brit playing such an extremely American icon.) Tom Hollander, currently creeping us all out in Masterpiece series Baptiste will play Julia's husband Paul.
