{"id":26651,"date":"2021-09-21T19:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T23:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=26651"},"modified":"2021-09-21T19:51:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T23:51:19","slug":"hbo-max-and-bbc-one-release-first-look-images-for-psychological-thriller-the-girl-before-starring-gugu-mbatha-raw-david-oyelowo-jessica-plummer-and-ben-hardy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/21\/hbo-max-and-bbc-one-release-first-look-images-for-psychological-thriller-the-girl-before-starring-gugu-mbatha-raw-david-oyelowo-jessica-plummer-and-ben-hardy\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO Max and BBC One Release First-Look Images for Psychological Thriller &#8220;The Girl Before&#8221; Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Jessica Plummer and Ben Hardy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26652\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26652\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Girl-Before3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Girl-Before3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Girl-Before3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE GIRL BEFORE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HBO Max unveiled first-look images of stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw (&#8220;<em>Loki,<\/em>&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Morning Show<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Black Mirror<\/em>&#8220;), David Oyelowo (&#8220;<em>Selma<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>&#8220;) and Jessica Plummer (&#8220;<em>EastEnders<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>How To Talk To Girls At Parties<\/em>&#8220;) in JP Delaney&#8217;s gripping adaption of his best-selling novel, THE GIRL BEFORE, for HBO Max and BBC One. The limited four-part series from award-winning production company 42 (&#8220;<em>The English Game<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Watership Down<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>The Courier<\/em>&#8220;), is written and executive produced by JP Delaney with Marissa Lestrade (&#8220;<em>White Stork<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Deep State 2<\/em>&#8220;) co-writing episodes. 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As the two women&#8217;s timelines interweave, Jane begins to question if her fate will be the same as the girl before&#8230;<\/p><div id=\"morty-998493699\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26654\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26654\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Girl-Before1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Girl-Before1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/The-Girl-Before1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE GIRL BEFORE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Credits: Executive producers include Eleanor Moran, Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh for 42, Ben Irving for the BBC, JP Delaney, and Lisa Br\u00fchlmann. 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