Sally Wainwright, Suranne Jones, and Sophie Rundle On How ‘Gentleman Jack’ Continues To Evolve In Season 2
If any historical figure’s life is rife with TV potential, it’s Anne Lister. The 19th-century lesbian landowner and prolific diarist was by far one of the most complicated and fascinating women of her time (and ours!), so it’s no wonder screenwriter Sally Wainwright became so captivated by her that she brought us Gentleman Jack, the HBO drama based on Lister’s life exactly as she described it in her extensive diaries. Starring a brilliantly natural Suranne Jones as Lister and Sophie Rundle as Ann Walker, Lister’s love interest and eventual wife, the series tells what is ultimately a thoroughly modern story...