David McKenna stars as Piggy in the upcoming series
Here is the first look at upcoming Northern Irish talent David McKenna in the first TV adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
The Belfast schoolboy will star as Piggy in the new BBC series based on William Golding’s award-winning novel, which was adapted and directed by multi-BAFTA award winners, writer Jack Thorne (Adolescence) and director Marc Munden (National Treasure).
The new images show the young cast, many of them making their professional acting debuts, filming on location in Malaysia.
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Alongside David the castaways are played by Winston Sawyers as Ralph, Lox Pratt as Jack and Ike Talbut as Simon. Thomas Connor appears as Roger, Noah and Cassius Flemming as twins Sam and Eric, Cornelius Brandreth as Maurice and Tom Page-Turner as Bill – alongside an ensemble of more than 30 boys playing the desert island camp’s “biguns” and “littluns”.
A description reads: “Lord of the Flies is the story of a group of young schoolchildren who find themselves stranded on a tropical island with no adults, following a deadly plane crash.
“In an attempt to remain civil, the boys organise themselves, led by Ralph and supported by the group’s intellectual, Piggy.
“But Jack, who is in charge of signal fire duty, is more interested in hunting and vying for leadership and soon begins to draw other boys away from the order of the group and, ultimately, from hope to tragedy.
“Jack Thorne’s adaptation will be the first for television. Truthful to the original novel – set in the early 1950s on an unnamed Pacific island – Thorne’s adaptation delves further into the book’s emotive themes; human nature, the loss of innocence and boyhood masculinity.”
Each of the four episodes is titled after a character at the core of the story – Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Jack – offering a subtly different perspective on the boys’ collective plight and the manner in which they cope with their predicament.
The series has been made with the support of Lord of the Flies author William Golding’s family.
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