James Norton says new ITV drama Playing Nice will leave viewers asking one question

James Norton says new ITV drama Playing Nice will leave viewers asking one question This Morning, ITV

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00:00It's not an easy watch, James, initially, is it?

00:02Because as parents, or anybody, you'll sit there thinking,

00:05what would we do if we found ourselves in that position?

00:08Yeah, that was the hook which we were so excited about

00:11when we first read the book, was this amazing question,

00:14if you found out that your child was not your own, how would you react?

00:17Yeah, every time we mention the hook to anyone,

00:20they go, you know, the idea of these children being swapped.

00:22And it happens a weird amount.

00:24So, yeah, it's not that far-fetched, unfortunately.

00:26But it's the two, watching how the two different couples

00:29kind of compute it,

00:31and how their brain kind of tries to understand it,

00:35and then how each couple kind of separates from each other as well.

00:39It's so gripping.

00:43Yeah, we had fun.

00:44We had fun, didn't we?

00:46We did, yeah. It's...

00:48I suppose that is this bombshell that is thrown in,

00:51and as you said, it's going to strain relationships,

00:55it's going to cause us internal turmoil,

00:59within both Pete, Maddie, Lucy and Miles.

01:02And, yeah, it is that thing of going,

01:06God, what would I do in that situation, or how I would react?