“This could be the start of Kit Harington’s romantic comedy career,” Daniel Jones, the editor of Modern Love, told me recently, just joking.
While Mr Harington may be better known for playing Jon Snow in ‘Game of Thrones’, viewers can now see him playing an affable Irishman who is in love with a woman (played by Lucy Boynton) at the start of the pandemic.
[Like this newsletter? Sign up to receive it in your inbox.]
We are pleased to announce that after many pandemic-related postponements, Season 2 of “Modern Love” is now available to stream on Prime Video.
The eight-episode season features Minnie Driver, Dominique Fishback, Marquis Rodriguez, Anna Paquin, Sophie Okonedo, Lulu Wilson, Tobias Menzies, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Zoë Chao. You can watch the trailer here and read all the original essays that inspired the second season.
You can also read our interviews with four writers whose essays inspired episodes in the new season. Find the links below.
I wish you a nice, loving weekend.
— Miya Lee, editor of Modern Love projects