‘Daisy Jones and The Six’: How the TV Adaptation Compares to Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Novel

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Look at them now! Following the critical acclaim of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones and the Six, Prime Video brought the compelling characters to the small screen in a limited series starring Riley Keough, Sam Claflin and more.“It read like a movie or television show with back in time, but also had this great documentary footage angle too,” executive producer Reese Witherspoon told Today in February 2023 about why she was instantly inspired by the adaptation. “You got to see people talking about their life in a way that built this mystery.”The novel, which hit bookshelves in 2019, followed the whirlwind rise of a fictional 1970s rock group and their lead singer, Daisy Jones (Keough.

The puzzle pieces told throughout the story reveal the mystery behind their eventual breakup.For the Sweet Home Alabama star — and Reid, who is also a writer and producer on the series — finding the perfect cast for the series was imperative in bringing everything to life, starting with titular character Daisy Jones herself.“Riley came on really early.

I think we all thought it was going to be really hard to find Daisy Jones because she’s this really larger-than-life character,” the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo author explained to the outlet. “And then Riley showed up and immediately (we were) like, ‘Oh, there she is.

She is Daisy Jones.’ I might have written the book for her and not have known it.”When it came to romantic lead Billy Dunne, however, Reid told Today that finding an actor who could match up with Keough’s intensity was a challenge.“It took a little while to find that person.