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In July, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving joined as Patrick’s mother and father, and Anna Madeley was cast as Patrick’s wife. [4] Allison Williams and Blythe Danner joined in August 2017, with filming begun by October in Glasgow .
May 26, 2014 · It took St. Aubyn five years to finish “At Last.” In the novel, Patrick is separated from his wife, Mary, and their two children, and is living in a small apartment in London.
Patrick Melrose: With Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz. This series depicts how the son of an aristocratic family seeks redemption and recovery.
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- 2018-05-12
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May 12, 2018 · Mary Melrose, who is Patrick's wife and serves as his crutch in his transformative journey that begins with a fight against alcohol and heroin addiction and sees him become a family man, is arguably the most important.
- Patrick Melrose - Played by Benedict Cumberbatch
- David Melrose - Played by Hugo Weaving
- Eleanor Melrose - Played by Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Mary Melrose - Played by Anna Madeley
- Johnny Hall - Played by Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Julia - Played by Jessica Raine
- Nicholas Pratt - Played by Pip Torrens
- Anne Moore - Played by Indira Varma
- Bridget Watson Scott - Played by Holliday Grainger
- Marianne - Played by Allison Williams
Hedonist extraordinaire Patrick (Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock) is running from his past. He takes any diversion that offers itself to him, be it drugs, alcohol or women. We first meet Patrick in the midst of a crushing heroin addiction, having just learned of the death of his monstrous father. The privileged Patrick has everything one would need ...
Penniless aristocrat David is the epitome of a control freak. A former cavalry officer and doctor, his past life as a promising composer haunts his now empty existence, fueling his need to control and torment those around him. His mantra, “only the best, or go without,” is ironic given that, despite his lofty beginnings, his lavish lifestyle is sus...
From one of the richest families in America, the faded but still striking Eleanor (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Hateful Eight) leads a miserable life. Abused by her callous husband David for the duration of their marriage, she tries to instil in her son Patrick a sense of detachment, creating distance and resentment betwe...
In a rare moment of sobriety Patrick meets his wife, Mary. Long-suffering and steadfast Mary is entrusted with the dark secrets of Patrick’s childhood trauma and together they make a home. Their relationship strains under the normal pressures of family life, with the added drama of Patrick’s relapses into alcoholism and persistent infidelity. The f...
Patrick’s best friend, confidante and fellow addict, Johnny (Prasanna Puwanarajah, Doctor Foster) is there to pick Patrick up when he hits rock bottom. Taking a more traditional route than Patrick by following the Narcotics Anonymous programme to completion, Johnny later becomes a psychotherapist. He is the first to learn of the harrowing secret th...
Former Call the Midwifelead Jessica Raine swaps her nurse’s uniform for an altogether more alluring guise as Patrick’s close friend and sometime lover, Julia. Feeding both his debauchery and his scepticism, Julia is imperturbable, sardonic and cutting. She might have made the perfect match for Patrick, given better circumstances. Finding marriage i...
An old Etonian friend of his David’s, Nicholas lingers in Patrick’s life as an unpleasant reminder of his despicable father, long after the latter’s death. Nicholas relishes in his role as moral guardian, frequently offering unsolicited and often unwelcome guidance. Pompous and eloquent, he serves as a reminder of the old-school aristocratic sphere...
A guest of his parents during a central moment of his young life, Anne (Indira Varma, who previously portrayed the deliciously devious Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones) regards Patrick as a beacon of hope in a world of decay. After finding Patrick in distress, Anne makes a promise she can’t keep: to safely take Patrick to his mother. David has other...
Bubbly Holliday Grainger is no stranger to playing confident upstarts, having been both an ugly sister inCinderella and the titular character in Lady Chatterley’s Lover. We first meet Bridget on the arm of Nicholas, and why she’s with him is immediately apparent. A thrill seeker and obvious social climber, she will quite happily drop whatever man s...
Patrick’s well-meaning but unworldly wife sets Patrick up for a dinner with Marianne (Allison Williams; Girls, Get Out) after sensing how excruciating his trip to New York to collect his father’s ashes will be. Unbeknownst to Mary, Patrick and this old university friend are already intimately acquainted and Patrick ultimately seeks more than a comf...
Spouse. Nicola Shulman. . . (m. 1987; div. 1990) . Edward St Aubyn (born 1960) is an English author and journalist. He is the author of ten novels, including notably the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels. In 2006, Mother's Milk was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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Then, a dozen years later, StAubyn published another, longer novel about the Melrose family, Mother’s Milk, updating the story: Patrick, now married, with two charming boys, is drunken ...
