“As an actress, I am floored to have the opportunity to work alongside Reese Witherspoon exploring the rich themes of this story playing these dynamic characters.”
Based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name, Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
Hulu’s upcoming adaptation of the acclaimed novel Little Fires Everywhere is coming together quickly and after landing Mad Men vet Rosemarie DeWitt for a lead role, the streaming service has recruited Lynn Shelton (Laggies) to direct half of the eight-episode series, according to Variety.
She names the child Mirabelle and comes to love her as her own child but she runs into trouble when Mirabelle’s biological mother, a Chinese immigrant in the country illegally, resurfaces.