Meryem Uzerli-Starring Age-Gap Romance ‘RU’ Marks the ‘Next Chapter of Turkish Drama’: ‘It’s About Speaking Up for Yourself as a Woman’
variety.comMarta Balaga In Meryem Uzerli-starring show “RU,” a married woman falls in love with a much younger man. But it’s not just about another age-gap romance following Anne Hathaway’s “The Idea of You” or Nicole Kidman’s “Babygirl,” which brought her an award in Venice. “Where is my award?,” joked Uzerli at MipCom during a panel spotlighting “The Future of Turkish Storytelling.” “It’s true that recently, there have been other shows about such age gaps, but I just think that women are such individual beings.
It’s never the same,” she said, talking about her headstrong protagonist Reyan who suddenly falls for Uzer (Burak Berkay Akgül), 20 years younger than her.
Predictably, her family and her community are quick to condemn her. “When I’m reading scripts, I’m always wondering: ‘What makes me feel most alive?’ For me, it wasn’t about that age gap at all.
I just felt alive, meeting her and going deeper into her life journey. I wanted to make her feel alive, too.” Madd Managing Director Ateş İnce described “RU,” which will be getting a second season, as “the next chapter of Turkish drama.” “With this kind of content, we are trying to reach other territories, like the US.
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