Paris Lees says coming-of-age BBC series ‘struck gold’ with cast
What It Feels Like For A Girl is based on journalist Paris Lees’ memoir, recounting her formative years when she lived as a boy named Byron.
Paris Lees has said her new series “struck gold” with the cast revealed for the coming-of-age BBC drama.
The series, What It Feels Like For A Girl, is based on journalist Lees’ memoir recounting her formative years in Britain when she lived as a boy called Byron.
The eight-part, TV show will star Ellis Howard who plays Byron, a teenager from a small, working-class town, who begins to explore a new life in Nottingham.
Byron meets a group of “kindred spirits” known as the Fallen Divas, which includes Lady Die played by Laquarn Lewis, Sticky Nikki played by Alex Thomas-Smith, Waterloo Road’s Adam Ali as Dirty Damian, and acid-tongued Sasha played by Hannah Jones.
Speaking about the show, Lees said: “This is a proudly working-class story, and it needed a cast who could bring it to life authentically.
