Stephen Graham reveals why he named his Adolescence character after his uncle
It’s not just parents gripped and horrified by actor Stephen Graham’s new thriller Adolescence, about how a family’s world is turned upside down when their 13-year-old son is arrested for the murder of a teenage girl at his school. The “well, that would never happen to us” scenario that could all-too-easily happen to anyone has been a clear No. 1 on Netflix since its release, amassing 24.3 million streams in its first four days. Instead of using a familiar trope of abusive parents being to blame, Stephen – who co-wrote the Netflix drama with Jack Thorne – has carefully portrayed the family as one that looks like any other, with regular, hard-working, loving parents. WATCH: The surprising behind-the-scenes details of Netflix’s hit drama ‘Adolescence’ “What’s happening here is an ordinary family’s worst nightmare,” says Stephen, who, after playing a troubled chef in the hit TV drama Boiling Point, was asked if he had any ideas for a totally different series. “I came up with this idea because I’d read about a young boy who had …
