Rachael Stirling and Martin Freeman star in Boy Meets Girl, a fast paced, stylish new comedy drama which hilariously transcends the gender divide.
Freeman plays dreamer Danny Reed, whose life is turned upside down when he is struck by lightning and wakes to find himself trapped in a woman’s body.
Instead of being a scruffy DIY store worker with no prospects, he has now swapped lives with glamorous female fashion journalist Veronica Burton, played by Stirling.
Danny suddenly has to learn how to walk in stilettos and put on a bra, how to deal with the amorous advances of Veronica’s boyfriend Jay (Paterson Joseph) and how to pass himself off as a fashion expert while also trying to find out what has happened to his old self.
His double life becomes further complicated when he discovers that Veronica has been having an affair with Ali (James Lance), the boyfriend of one of her close friends, Siobhan (Tamzin Malleson).
But Danny comes to see the advantages of his new life when he revisits his old DIY shop as the stylish, tall and attractive Veronica, and speaks to his fellow worker Pete (Marshall Lancaster) and the girl of his dreams Fiona (Angela Griffin) about Danny’s “disappearance”. For the first time ever, Fiona seems interested in him…
Will Danny find his way back to his old life, and if he does, will he still want it?
Filmed in Manchester, Boy Meets Girl is written by talented new writer David Allison, produced by Alison Lumb and directed by Alrick Riley.
