Ella Purnell stars in Sweetpea as Rhiannon Lewis, a wallflower with murderous tendencies. How murderous, you ask? Based on the trailer just released, it looks like more than one person will end up dead by her hand, though it’s her childhood bully that she has in her crosshairs.
Rhiannon gets a thrill when she kills, apparently, and while the body count is high, the show, according to the marketing material, is about “a woman finally finding her voice, told through a uniquely dark and comedic lens.”
In addition to Purnell, the show stars Nicôle Lecky (Sense8) as Julia, Jon Pointing (Smothered) as Craig, Calam Lynch (Bridgerton) as AJ, Leah Harvey (Foundation) as Marina, Jeremy Swift (Ted Lasso) as Norman, and Dustin Demri-Burns (Slow Horses) as Jeff. It’s adapted from C.J. Skuse’s eponymous novel by showrunner Kirstie Swain as well as Krissie Ducker (Killing Eve), Laura Jayne Tunbridge, and Selina Lim (Sex Education, Hanna).
Sweetpea will be available on the Starz app at midnight, October 10, 2024. It will also air on the Starz channel at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT that day. Moving forward, new episodes will come out on Fridays, releasing on the app at midnight and airing on Starz at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, because it’s fun to be confusing.
While we wait and try to parse the details of the six-part series’ release schedule, check out the latest trailer below.
