Fallout‘s Emma Purnell is making a list, checking it twice, and killing everyone on it in this new and murderously mirthful miniseries.
How to watch Sweetpea in New Zealand
Sweetpea is streaming in New Zealand exclusively on Neon, from October 10.
Sweetpea: Miniseries
What is Sweetpea about?
Not to be confused with Popeye‘s adorable adopted son, this one is based (more or less) on the 2017 novel of the same name by C.J. Skuse (the first in a series, so expect more if the adaptation hits big). Purnell is Rhiannon Lewis, the type of young woman you never look at twice—a fact that seems to stick in her craw a bit, to the point where she starts offing everyone who does her wrong.
This seems a bit Dexter-ish to us, but our antiheroine isn’t mutilating murderers and other human monsters. She’s picking off the people who annoy her in everyday life: the co-worker who takes credit for her work, the childhood bully who went on to have a perfect life, the guy who cuts her off in traffic. All must pay the ultimate price. It’s girl power grand guignol, it seems, although further details are elusive. And we can’t even look to the original book, because it turns out the adaptation is a prequel. But the book has been described as Bridget Jones meets American Psycho, so if that sounds like your cup of tea, add this to your watch list.
The cast of Sweetpea
We have Ella Purnell as Rhiannon Lewis; Jon Pointing as Craig, her boyfriend; Nicôle Lecky as Julia, Rhiannon’s childhood bully; Dino Kelly as Marcus, Julia’s husband; Jeremy Swift as Norman, Rhiannon’s boss; Calam Lynch as AJ, Rhiannon’s co-worker; Ingrid Oliver as D.I. Diana St John, the cop on the case; Leah Harvey Marina, a junior detective; plus Dustin Demri-Burns and Luke McGibney.
Sweetpea trailer
Why we’re excited about Sweetpea
Look, who among us, amirite? If we acted on impulse, they’d be stacking people who use their phones in cinemas like firewood.
