SBS has revealed the cast for its upcoming anthology series, Erotic Stories.
The eight-episode show will tell eight different stories with sex and intimacy at its core, with an ensemble that includes Frances O’Connor, Danielle Cormack and Kate Box.
The large, bumper cast also includes Rarriwuy Hick, Melanie Vallejo, Googoorewon Knox, Tim Draxl, Yuchen Wang, Dominic Ona-Ariki, Bert LaBonte, Emily Havea, Fayssal Bazzi, Bernie Van Tiel, Roman Delo, Victoria Harabidou, Kween Kong, Alex FitzAlan, Joel Lago and Crystal Nguyen.
The cast hails from many of Australia’s recent best-known scripted shows including Wentworth, The Newsreader, Class of 07, Rake, Bump and Stateless.
Erotic Stories, which was announced during SBS’s upfronts presentation late last year, promised tales that will explore longing and lust and all the attendant chaos, emotions and complexities.
SBS emphasised that individual episodes will focus on characters often marginalised in Australian storytelling.
A press release from the network said, “This deliciously provocative series tells unique stories with each of the lead characters someone who has not typically been written as sexual leads on Australian screens – be it queer, gender-diverse, living with disability, middle-aged and/or people of colour.
“Erotic Stories steps into these fresh perspectives allowing them to explore desire from their own point of view.”
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The writers for the show are Sarah Walker, Marieke Hardy, Adrian Chiarella, Alistair Baldwin, Jean Tong, Tamara Asmar, Sara Khan and Christine Bartlett while the directors are Madeleine Gottlieb and Leticia Caiceres.
Production company Lingo Pictures’ Helen Bowden said in a statement, “True to the title, this series is truly erotic. It is sensual and honest and full of positive human connections. And hopefully it’ll be a turn on for everyone.”
Erotic Stories is currently in production in Sydney and will premiere later this year.
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