Matt and Nick pull a Bunny out of the hat

MUSICIAN and writer Nick Cave began developing a screenplay about a travelling door-to-door salesman 20 years ago.

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When he and director John Hillcoat failed to secure backing for the project, Cave turned it into a novel instead.

In 2009, The Death Of Bunny Munro, the story of a sex-addicted, beauty salesman, was published.

Sixteen years after its release, Cave's second novel has been adapted into a six-part series starring Matt Smith as Bunny Munro.

It follows Bunny as he grapples with the suicide of his wife, Libby, played by Irish actress Sarah Greene, while trying to raise his young son, Bunny Jr.

Together, father and son embark on a chaotic road trip across southern England.