Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in 'How to Kill Your Family' Series Adaptation at Netflix | THR News
Anya Taylor-Joy is making her TV return! The star will play the lead role of the murderous Grace Bernard in an adaptation of Bella Mackie's best-selling novel, 'How to Kill Your Family.' Taylor-Joy previously led 'The Queen's Gambit' for Netflix, a chess thriller that placed in the top 10 in 92 countries on Netflix and ranked No. 1 in 63 countries.
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00:00Anya Taylor-Joy is making her TV return. The star will play the lead role of the murderous
00:05Grace Bernard in the Netflix adaptation of Bella Mackey's best-selling novel
00:10How to Kill Your Family. Taylor-Joy previously led the Queen's Gambit for the streamer,
00:15a chess thriller that placed in the top 10 in 92 countries on Netflix and ranked number one
00:20in 63 countries. Mackey serves as co-executive producer on the eight-episode series,
00:34which follows the story of Grace, the illegitimate daughter of a millionaire
00:38who abandoned her and her mother, ignoring her mother's pleas for help as she was close to dying.
00:44Grace vows revenge and decides to kill every member of her father's family,
00:48leaving him for last. Taylor-Joy said,
00:50"'As soon as I turned the last page, I knew I had to be a part of bringing this story to life.
00:55After some light stalking of the inimitable Bella Mackey, I could not be more thrilled to
01:00be collaborating with the team that is Sally, Lizzie and Emma. I am looking forward to getting
01:04our hands even dirtier.'" Other cast or filming updates have yet to be announced.
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