RAIN DOGS
COMEDY / DRAMA
UNITED KINGDOM
2023
RAIN DOGS is a British comedy-drama television series created, written, and executive produced by Cash Carraway for BBC One and HBO. It premiered on HBO on 6 March 2023 and stars Daisy May Cooper, Jack Farthing, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo and Fleur Tashjian. The series has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for the writing and performances of its cast. RAIN DOGS consists of 8 episodes.
STORY: An unconventional love story between a working-class single mother, her young daughter, and a privileged gay man.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Costello Jones (Daisy May Cooper), a single mother in her 30s, is raising her young daughter in London. She’s getting evicted from the council flat she can no longer afford. She’s forced to find lodging—and work—elsewhere, and while sex work has traditionally paid the bills, Costello hopes to be a writer. And as any writer will tell you, it’s not easy. Because Costello’s only real friend in the world—and her only real protector—is Florian Selby (Jack Farthing), a violent, rich gay man who’s been there for Costello since University.Florian Selby, known simply as “Selby” to his (one) friend, might be bursting with love for Costello and her daughter. He might show up for them, providing them with money and a place to stay when they’re hard up (all the time, basically.) But he’s also abusive, frightening, and violent. When the show begins, he’s just getting out of a year’s stint in prison for violently beating a man during a drunken argument.
Florian Selby (Jack Farthing) & Costello Jones (Daisy May Cooper)
JACK FARTHING (2023) October 14, 1985 London, UK
DAISY MAY COOPER (2023) August 1, 1986 Cirencester, UK
SPECIAL: Selby is an incredible queer character. First off, he’s one of the most beautiful men you’ve ever seen and he carries himself like a Victorian homosexual: his hair is long, his accent is patrician, he wears shabby yet elegant vintage suits in the lapel of which one might expect to see a green carnation blooming. When asked by one of Costello’s dates if he’s in any “fluid,” Selby hits back with a statement that, by virtue of how utterly unfashionable it is, feels radical. “I’m not a bi or a pan or a fluid,” Selby explains. “I am a classical homosexual.”
AWARDS: 'RAIN DOGS' 1 win & 4 nominations
7.0 IMDB
