Pillow Talk (Canadian TV series)

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Pillow Talk is a Canadian TV series, which premiered on Crave on February 10, 2022.[1] A sketch comedy series about adult relationships, the series centres on four couples (three heterosexual and one gay) and a pair of platonic roommates, each exploring comedic interpersonal situations through conversations taking place almost entirely in their bedrooms.[2]

The series is an adaptation of Entre deux draps ("Between Two Sheets"), a French-language series which premiered in January 2021 on Noovo.[3]

Entre deux draps[]

Entre deux draps premiered on Noovo in January 2021, as one of the network's first new original scripted programs since its acquisition by Bell Media.[4] The cast includes Pier-Luc Funk and Virginie Ranger-Beauregard as Antoine and Lydia; François Papineau and Bénédicte Décary as Luc and Marie-Ève; Guillaume Girard and Karine Gonthier-Hyndman as Marco and Virginie; Simon Pigeon and Antoine Pilon as Jean-Pascal and Simon; and Fayolle Jean Jr. and Mathieu Pepper as roommates Valère and Thomas.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, the producers primarily cast actors who already live together as couples or roommates so that the series could be filmed without violating social distancing restrictions; producer Louis Morissette noted that the casting of roommates Simon Pigeon and Antoine Pilon as the gay couple took place only after the show was unsuccessful in finding a real gay actor couple who were willing to be fully out on camera.[6]

Florence Pilote, the daughter of actress Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, also has a supporting role in the series as the young daughter of Marco and Virginie,[7] and Micheline Bernard and Martin Drainville have supporting roles as Thomas's parents, whom the producers have announced will be given more prominent roles in the second season.[8]

The series was compared in the media to an updated version of the 1990s Quebec television series Un gars, une fille.[4]

In June 2021, at the same time as the English adaptation Pillow Talk was announced, Noovo announced the renewal of Entre deux draps for a second season.[9]

Pillow Talk[]

The English adaptation Pillow Talk was announced in June 2021, and went into production in August.[10] The cast includes Adam DiMarco and Sydney Scotia as Andy and Lydia, Andrew Wheeler and Sharon Crandall as Luke and Mia, Nicola Correia-Damude and Carlos Gonzalez-Vio as Marco and Vicki, Paolo Santalucia and Gregory Prest as JP and Simon, and Chris Robinson and Kwasi Thomas as Virgil and Thomas.[10] As in the original series, all five of the main duos in the series are played by actors who live together as couples or roommates in real life.[10]

The series was produced by the same team behind the original Entre deux draps, and was shot on the same sets.[1] Scripts were translated by Laurel Baker and Steve Galluccio, although a few Quebec-specific references in the script were changed to analogues more familiar to English Canadian audiences.[1]

John Doyle of The Globe and Mail praised the series as "at times hilarious and at times deeply poignant", writing that "on the evidence of the early episodes, it's a delight."[11]

Characters[]

Character French actor English actor Profile
Antoine/Andy Pier-Luc Funk Adam Di Marco A young couple who have just recently moved in together; their relationship is complicated by the contrast between his uptight obsession with stability and predictability and her impetuous spontaneity and bipolar disorder.
Lydia Virginie Ranger-Beauregard Sydney Scotia
Marco Guillaume Girard Carlos Gonzalez-Vio An adult couple with a young daughter, he works as a high school drama teacher but dreams of getting back to his earlier career as an actor, while she works at a bank. Although they have occasional conflicts between them, they are generally well-matched and see eye-to-eye on most things; their primary challenge is their precocious seven-year-old daughter, who will happily crush spiders to death with her bare hands and thinks nothing of walking in on her parents while they're trying to have sex.
Virginie/Vicky Karine Gonthier-Hyndman Nicola Correia-Damude
Florence/Abigail Florence Pilote Vanessa Lauren Fox
Luc/Luke François Papineau Andrew Wheeler A middle-aged couple; he has recently retired and divorced, and is struggling to define his new life, while she is his new girlfriend. They do not yet live together full-time, though she often stays over at his place for the night, with their conflicts and discussions often revolving around learning how to cope with each other's quirks and preferences.
Marie-Ève/Mia Bénédicte Décary Sharon Crandall
Jean-Pascal Simon Pigeon Paolo Santalucia JP is an ambitious political professional who works as a legislative aide to a Parti Québécois member of the Quebec provincial assembly (in the French version) or a Green Party of Canada Member of Parliament (in the English version), while Simon is a rising chef who recently opened his own restaurant in downtown Montreal. Their conflicts most often revolve around reconciling JP's busy rat-race lifestyle with Simon's preferences for a casual and bohemian kind of life, not helped when partway through the season JP's boss gets appointed to the cabinet.
Simon Antoine Pilon Gregory Prest
Valère/Virgil Fayolle Jean Jr. Chris Robinson Longtime friends who moved in together as roommates after both being dumped by their respective girlfriends on the same day. Valère/Virgil has more success meeting women, but prefers to keep it casual, while Thomas is unlucky in love but more focused on finding a serious long-term relationship.
Thomas Mathieu Pepper Kwasi Thomas

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Marc-André Lemieux, "Pillow Talk: Un copié-collé d’Entre deux draps". La Presse, February 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Greg David, "Bell Media announces English and French-language original programming orders and renewals for 2021/22 season". TV, eh?, June 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "La série québécoise Entre deux draps adaptée en anglais". Ici Radio-Canada, June 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Élizabeth Lepage-Boily, "Entre deux draps : Le « Un gars, une fille » de 2020". Showbizz, January 6, 2021.
  5. ^ Natalie Slight, "Secrets de plateau | Entre deux draps". 7 Jours, February 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Richard Therrien, "Entre deux draps: brillant et drôle!". Le Soleil, January 6, 2021.
  7. ^ Cassandre Caron, "La fille de Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin perce l'écran dans la comédie «Entre deux draps»". 7 Jours, January 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Stéphanie Nolin, "Ce couple sera plus présent dans la 2e saison d'Entre deux draps". Showbizz, July 13, 2021.
  9. ^ Stéphanie Nolin, "La série Entre deux draps change de format en raison de sa popularité". Showbizz, June 10, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c Kelly Townsend, "Cameras roll on Crave’s Pillow Talk". Playback, August 31, 2021.
  11. ^ John Doyle, "Good love, doomed love and other treats for Valentine’s Day". The Globe and Mail, February 13, 2022.

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