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Irish actress and writer Sharon Horgan teams with an ensemble cast for a thrilling new comedy drama which is set to become another major hit for Apple TV+. In Bad Sisters, Sharon’s Eva Garvey teams up with her sisters to take down their abusive brother-in-law John Paul Williams (Claes Bang), and Express.co.uk recently caught up with the cast at the show’s London premiere.
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Sarah admitted her character’s eyepatch was the most difficult part of her new role in Sharon’s black comedy Bad Sisters.
Known for her supporting performances in Normal People and Penny Dreadful, Sarah joins the ensemble cast of the new series which also includes Anne-Marie Duff, Eve Hewson and Eva Birthistle as the Garvey sisters.
The TV star was thrilled to take on the witty and inventive new series, though didn’t anticipate some of the challenges which arose from wearing Bibi’s signature eyewear.
“When I got the phone call I was heavily, heavily pregnant,” she recalled at Bad Sisters’ London premiere.
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“I read it and was like, I’ve never played a part like Bibi before. I’m used to playing nice mams.
“It was the first time I got to play someone really far removed from myself, so it was a real challenge.”
Sharpshooting Bibi is the first sister to propose a plan to kill John Paul aka JP, the pretentious and controlling husband of Grace (Anne-Marie).
At the premiere, Sarah was keeping tight-lipped about the cause of Sarah’s injury, which may or may not have been caused by JP at some point before the main events of the series.
“For me, the biggest challenge was wearing an eyepatch,” Sarah revealed. “I’d never worn an eyepatch before.