NORMAL People sensations Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones have spoken out and addressed the rumours of a second series of the BBC romantic drama.
The two stars, who rose to fame playing the roles of Connell and Marianne, recently whipped fans into a frenzy after they teased that the original romantic drama would return to screens.
Yesterday, Daisy took to Instagram and posted a selfie with Paul, posed with their two fingers up – which fans took as an indication of a new outing of the hit show.
She captioned the post: “We’ve got some news to share!! Watch this space.”
Fans were elated by the post, which they believed was a season two announcement, with one X user tweeting: “If we’re getting Normal People season two, I will melt.”
However, their assumptions were far-fetched, as the Normal People actors have taken to social media once more to clear the air.
In clips posted on Daisy’s Instagram stories, she and Paul explained that they are not making a second season after all.
Instead, they confirmed that they’re involved in a marathon screening of Normal People in London next month on Friday, June 16.
As the clip starts, the Irishman, who will battle baboons as Lucius Verus in Gladiator II later this year, says: “Hello! The news is… um, we are incredibly sorry if we led people on, it’s not a season 2 announcement.”
Daisy quickly interrupted, saying: “No, not yet!” and added “There’s still time; keep the faith.”
The famous duo then leapt into a charity raffle for fans to get a chance to win tickets to attend the Normal People event in support of suicide and self-harm organisation Pieta and UNICEF.
Daisy and Paul are due to attend the special event and participate in a special Q&A following the run of all 12 episodes.
Normal People follows the relationship between Marianne and Connell Waldron as they come of age and start experiencing a rocky romantic and sexual entanglement.
The four-time Emmy-nominated show became an international sensation after it aired.
Recently, Daisy appeared on The Graham Norton Show and reflected on the show’s overnight success.
Speaking to the host, she said: “When I did Normal People, I had no idea what was going to happen, and thank goodness, as I would have been too terrified to do anything.”
Previously, the series director, Lenny Abrahamson, informed Radio Times: “I have a fantasy of doing a kind of ten-year [gap], seeing where they are in ten years’ time sort of thing,” when he was asked about the possibility of a second season.
He also told Deadline in 2020: “I’d love to revisit them in five years and find out what happened, where they are. Is somebody a father or a mother? What relationships are they in that then get disrupted by their meeting again?”
As a second season of Normal Lives still hasn’t been entirely written off by the actors and show bosses, fans are still hopeful that their wishes might come to fruition one day.
Normal People is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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Newsnight’s Mark Urban after 35 years on air
Claudia Winkleman quitting BBC Radio 2 after 15 years
Correspondent Robin Brant after two decades
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BBC Radio star Jason Rosam after 16 years on air
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Martine Croxall after launching legal action against the Beeb
Karin Giannone after a horror injury and year off air
Annita McVeigh after losing out on a chief presenter job last year
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