Maggie O’Farrell

I'm happy to say.

It's so strange.

It all feels now, particularly the whole kind of awards season, as they call it, it all feels like some really strange fever dream.

You know when on your phone something comes up and it says two months ago and there was a picture of me standing on a balcony in LA and I thought, what?

Oh yeah, that's right.

I went to the Oscars.

It's quite hard, you know, when it's nothing to do with your real life, it sort of feels like something that you imagined in a way.

Yes, so it's being bought by the same producer who bought Hamlet, actually, in manuscript, a woman called Liza Marshall.

And it's really wonderful to know because I really trust Liza and I really trust her vision.

She's very good at putting together a team of creative people to bring a story to the screen.

So it's very early days, but yes, it's quite exciting.

I did, Pat.

Yes.

I mean, I was very pleased to be asked.

It was a really nice letter to receive.

But I just knew it wasn't for me.

You know, two reasons, really.

I mean, the E in OBE, I have a bit of a problem with that.

I stumble over that and I wouldn't.

Yes, I can't imagine that being part of my name.