Having your big Hollywood break in the middle of a global pandemic is a curious experience. Whereas many rising stars about to be jettisoned into the public eye thanks to a TV show or movie might expect to be shepherded by teams of publicists between late night talk show sofas, photographer's studios, magazines and newspaper offices, hotels for press junkets and perhaps even a few long-haul flights, for Daisy Edgar-Jones the COVID-19 lockdown has seen the usual media circuit stripped back to whatever can be achieved from her bedroom.
Not that it's made the promotional work any less hectic for the star of the 12-part Hulu/BBC drama Normal People. Thanks to the phenomenal buzz surrounding the show, based on the word-of-mouth sensation that.