Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod have great screen chemistry in the TV adaptation of 'One Day'. The characters of Dexter and Emma feel more alive and we get to know them better. The series follows their lives from early adulthood to mid-life over twenty-odd years.
For one, Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod both have far more screen chemistry together. They're both English actors, their characterisations of Dexter and Emma feels more alive and sharpened, and here's the key - we, the audience, actually have time to get to know them.
For those unfamiliar, the original novel by David Nicholls follows two lifelong friends through the course of their lives from early adulthood to mid-life over twenty-odd years, all of the episodes picking up on the same day - July 15th. Some of the time, they're together, other times they're apart. In each episode, we drop into where they're at. Dexter, for example, spends the early part of the series enjoying his good looks, his natural charisma, and a hedonistic lifestyle as he becomes a minor celebrity in '90s Britain working as a television presenter. Emma, on the other hand, stumbles and meanders through acting, writing, awful service jobs, before she begins to find her feet by her late twentie
Screen Chemistry Character Development TV Adaptation One Day Dexter Emma David Nicholls