Daisy Edgar-Jones 'desperate' to celebrate with Normal People co-stars

Daisy Edgar-Jones is "desperate" to celebrate Normal People\'s success with Paul Mescal.

The BBC drama became an overnight sensation when it was released on the small screen in April, but due to the coronavirus lockdown the 22-year-old actress - who plays Marianne Sheridan - hasn\'t been able to celebrate the success with her co-star and is eager to be reunited with her cast mates.

She told Vogue magazine: "I\'ve seen so much of Paul Mescal, but it\'s been via Zoom, and we\'re desperate to celebrate together after going through the whole filming process as a team.

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"It\'s odd not to be able to experience this part of the process together, but we can\'t wait to hang out with all our friends from the show."

The series - which is adapted from Sally Rooney\'s novel of the same name - follows the tender relationship of Marianne (Edgar-Jones) and Connell (Mescal) from the end of their school days to their undergraduate years.

It quickly became BBC Three\'s most-streamed show ever, with more than 16 million views, and the rights to the love story have been sold worldwide by production company Element Pictures.

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The programme will now be available to watch in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Benelux countries, Greece, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and Japan.

And director Lenny Abrahamson is open to a second series - but not for another five years.

He recently explained: "We\'ve talked about the possibility of how interesting it would be to check back in with them, but apart from just general musings and over a drink, no, there have been no concrete discussions about what it would be like.

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"As Sally says, the book stops where it stops because it feels right.

"But, I have a sneaking thing in the back of my head that if everybody was willing, and if the stars aligned, I\'d love to revisit them in five years and find out what happened, where they are."