As much as it seems like people aren’t reading books as much these days, there’s always a popular YA book series to adapt. And you never quite know when one is going to catch on to the degree that both Heated Rivalry and Off Campus have. Though maybe for those, the key factor was hockey. TV has always been the perfect place for a proper love story to be told, teasing viewers with a “will they, won’t they?” over multiple episodes rather than just 90 minutes. Outside the love story, I’m not really sure how to frame Every Year After, since its love story is really all the show is about, with little in the way of gimmick. We’re just seeing these two people and how their dynamic develops over the years. Love is the name of the game.
I spoke with stars Elisha Cuthbert, Aurora Perrineau, Joseph Chiu, Michael Bradway, and Abigail Cowen about the new show. There are a lot of added pressures when adapting a beloved book series, so the cast talks about how they navigated them. With the show expanding the roles of some supporting characters, I spoke to the actors about what it was like to breathe more life into them and not be as beholden to the page as the two leads. I also made sure to tell Cuthbert that I’m eagerly awaiting the day we finally get a Girl Next Door 4K. Here’s hoping it will be made to exist. You can check out the full interview in the video above!
Every Year After plot:
For six summers, Barry’s Bay was a magical place full of firsts for Percy Fraser, including first love—and first heartbreak. Ten years later, an unexpected tragedy brings Percy back to Barry’s Bay, where she has to face the people, memories, and mistakes she thought she’d left behind, especially the one boy who changed her life forever: Sam Florek. Told over the course of six years and one week in Barry’s Bay – the quintessential lake town – Every Year After is a romantic, nostalgic story of first loves and the people and choices that mark us forever.
Every Year After is streaming now on Prime Video!
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