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Netflix is treating us to a new thriller with a star-studded cast, and viewers are predicting it’s going to be a hit.
The Perfect Couple is going to land in subscribers’ accounts tomorrow and have us all embracing our inner detectives.
Based on the bestselling book of the same name by Elin Hilderbrand, a shocking death derails a lavish high-society wedding between Benji Winbury (Billy Howle) and Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson), and turns everyone into a suspect.
Nicole Kidman plays rich novelist and mother-of-the-groom Greer Garrison Winbury, who is married to Tag Winbury, played by Liev Schreiber. Making up the rest of the Winbury family, are Benji’s older brother Thomas (Jack Reynor), and his pregnant wife Abby (Dakota Fanning), younger brother Will (Sam Nivola), and family friend Isabel Nallet (Isabelle Adjani). Joining them at the Nantucket wedding are maid of honour Merritt Monaco (Meghann Fahy), and best man Shooter Dival (Ishaan Khattar).
In the opening moments of the series, the guests are in high spirits at a rehearsal dinner, but within minutes of tuning in, the champagne bubbles burst. The police station is informed they’ve got a ‘floater’ – a dead body on the Winbury property, and soon everyone’s secrets begin to unravel.
Showrunner and creator Jenna Lamia is hoping audiences watch the six episodes with ‘bated breath and needing to keep going, because they can’t stand that they’re not sure who did it yet.’
‘But I hope they’ll also laugh!’ she added to Tudum.
The Perfect Couple will be released tomorrow (Picture: Seacia Pavao/Netflix)
After the release of a trailer and the first seven minutes of the premiere episode on Tudum, fans are already predicting that it’s going to be a winning formula.
‘Knives Out meets Big Little Lies meets White Lotus. I’m in,’ wrote account Jumbaride on YouTube.
NicholeJ added: ‘This might be the thing to save Netflix for the autumn.’ Let’s not forget we also have new episodes of Emily In Paris, and Selling Sunset this month too.
LilyWatson18 said: ‘So excited about this! The cast looks great along with the scenery!’ Luckily they don’t have long to wait now.
Everyone is a suspect (Picture: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Netflix)
The wedding is derailed (Picture: Netflix)
RM Films got an early viewing of the first episode and teased: ‘The show is filled with twists and turns with a wedding gone wrong. Masterfully acted by Nicole Kidman and paired with an incredible cast, it proves to be a thrilling binge-worthy Netflix series that will satisfy your inner detective.’
Rajali declared that it ‘is bound to be a hit!’ and added: ‘Excited to see Nicole Kidman and the rest of the ensemble shine in this one.’
Viewers are also predicting that one line has the potential to become a meme. When a fight was taking place close to her dress, Dakota’s character Abby warned: ‘THIS IS VINTAGE,’ leaving viewers in hysterics, as Jenna planned.
Nicole had fun playing the role (Picture: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Netflix)
Netflix subscribers need to cancel their plans (Picture: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Netflix)
Nicole has spoken about her experience playing Greer – the successful novelist, who is hosting the wedding for her son.
‘The director Sussane [Bier] was like “This is something you haven’t done and I want you to go and have fun with it”. So I did and it was just a great group of actors,’ she told PA Media.
‘It was almost like doing theatre at some points because we would work the scenes, and then she would shoot them.’
‘Everything I’ve done, I’ve always been very meticulous about the world being correct, but also the characters being specific because what never works is if it becomes generic,’ Susanne explained.
‘You need to understand the world.’
The Perfect Couple is available to watch on Netflix from September 5.
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