AIMEE LOU WOOD AND RALPH DAVIS EXPLORE THEIR LOVE OF MOVIES AND ROM-COM NOSTALGIA IN THEIR SCREENWRITING DEBUT FILM CLUB.

WHEN actors Aimee Lou Wood and Ralph Davis first met as students at RADA, they instantly clicked and promised to write together one day.

- BY LYNN RUSK

A decade later, the pair have co-written and starred in their first romantic comedy drama series, Film Club.

The six-part BBC series follows agoraphobic film enthusiast Evie, played by Aimee, who transforms her mother’s garage into a weekly cinema for herself and her best friend Noa (Nabhaan Rizwan).

When Noa reveals that he has secured a dream job on the other side of the country, the pair are forced to consider for the first time they might be more than just friends.

Also starring Doctor Foster’s Suranne Jones, The Serpent Queen’s Liv Hill, Happy Valley’s Adam Long and Adolescence’s Emmy-winning Owen Cooper, the series explores mental health, family, friendship, love, and the escapism of cinema.

BAFTA-winner Aimee says she and her then-flatmate, House of the Dragon star Ralph, began writing the series during lockdown.

“Ralph and I met at RADA about 10 years ago. On the very first day, we instantly clicked and developed this strange, secret language between us. We promised that one day we'd write something together. Cut to five years later and it’s lockdown,” explains the Stockport-born actress, 31.

“During that time, it became so clear how much people needed film and TV. It was the only way to access the world beyond your own flat, to experience something bigger. Storytelling suddenly felt even more urgent.

“We've always had that need for stories. Everyone suddenly shared that obsession. People craved plot. We needed to be taken away, to escape.”