I think a lot of feature films have realised this and tapped into that fear and I think our contemporarisation of The Day Of The Triffids performs the same function. Triffids are genetically modified plants, in a world where oil has run out, and contemporary audiences have very specific fears about the world we live in, things like genetic modification, climate change etc. Updating the novel has tapped into those. John Wyndham’s novel was written in the 1950s at a time of great fear of nuclear proliferation, of nuclear power plants, nuclear fallout, and although that fear’s not gone away we have other contemporary fears.
SS: I think that the approach that the writer has taken with it is to update it and make it relevant to now.
What made now the right time to do a new version? It’s been nearly 30 year’s since the BBC’s last adaptation of the novel in 1981. All these themes are there to be explored. Ultimately it’s a love story and a tale of survival, how people react to extraordinary situations – the violence, the compassion, the humanity, the passion. I think there’s an innocence to it that I was attracted to, especially the relationship between my character, Bill, and Jo, which I think is at the heart of our story – this kind of romantic tale between these two people who find themselves in very extraordinary circumstances and are drawn together. What attracted you to the part? Were you a fan of the novel?ĭS: I think it’s a wonderful novel, beautifully written, and dated but in a beautiful way.
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