Now, eight million book sales into his writing career, after re-thinking his original intention of becoming an actor, a closer look does find some emerging constants. I'm pleased that there's no particular thread." I love that I might get asked to take on a horror film or a romantic comedy. I still feel that a bit, but maybe it's not a bad thing.
"There wasn't really one voice or anything to cling on to. "For the first 10 or 15 years, it was all a bit random – I was leaping around from Thomas Hardy adaptations, to rom-coms like One Day, to ongoing TV dramas like Cold Feet, to very dark material like Patrick Melrose, and adaptations of American plays like Simpatico," he says. "It's scattershot" is how he eventually describes his sizeable bank of creative projects.įar be it from me to correct a Bafta-winning, Man Booker Prize-nominated screenwriter and author, but Nicholls’s modesty is hidden in that description - “effortlessly broad” might be a more truthful fit, given the calibre of work evident as he runs through his explanation. Award winning author David Nicholls is sitting in the offices of' publisher, with a view of airily-dressed passers-by along the River Thames on the hottest day of summer so far, considering if there are any themes that tie his repertoire together.
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