The emerging tragedy is the divergence of perspectives from Marnie’s parents about what’s best for their daughter. But after an episode prompts hospitalisation, doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die – a recommendation her parents (played tenderly by Horgan and Sheen) refuse to accept. A smiling, beaming child on-screen – on her good days you’d hardly know her form of muscular dystrophy is particularly severe. Marnie (played by Moriarty) has a condition which limits her life expectancy. Thorne (known for Wonder, Enola Holmes and His Dark Materials) has turned his attention towards a complex issue few can imagine enduring. Her character summarises the moral quandary of the show in its first episode: “How can you let go of someone who still laughs?” “I have never seen anyone attempt to recognise those struggles before,” she says of Bafta-winning writer Jack Thorne’s screenplay.Īnother Irish actor, Alison Oliver – who played Frances in the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends – takes the role of Moriarty’s on-screen sister. She has cerebral palsy and plays a disabled character. Moriarty, from Killiney, Co Dublin, stars alongside Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen in the BBC One drama series which starts on Monday, June 12th. When 16-year-old Niamh Moriarty first read the script for Best Interests, she felt “seen and understood”.
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