drastic changes in the cast of season 4

The screenwriters of Sex Education will have to redouble their creativity. Moordale High School, at the heart of the plot of the British series, will lose a few students. For three seasons, fans have been closely following the adventures of Otis Milburn (Asa Butterfield), a shy high school student, devoid of any sexual experience and son of a sex therapist played by Gillian Anderson. With Maeve Wiley (Emma Mackey), rebellious teenager, they decide to secretly create a sexual therapy cell. Their comrades flock and release their words on homosexuality, contraception, masturbation or even abortion.

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But in the new episodes of Sex Education, the therapy unit risks being less busy: four of their interlocutors leave the series. Since July 5, female cast members have announced their departure. The first to initiate the movement was Tanya Reynolds. ” I’m gonna miss Lily, and I’m gonna miss the gang. But it seems like the right thing to do.”explained the actress on her Instagram account, considering that her departure will encourage the screenwriters to “creating new characters”.

His playing partner Patricia Allison, the interpreter of Ola, said goodbye shortly after. Ex-flirt of the main character, the high school student became his roommate and pseudo-half-sister after their parents had become a couple. She was coming out and falling in love with Lily. Their relationship became central during the previous two seasons and highlighted subjects such as vaginismus, the existence of extraterrestrials or even the lack of communication. We will undoubtedly regret his departure, his role not lacking in potential for future intrigues.

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Between two series it was necessary to choose. Simone Ashley, discovered in the role of Olivia during the first season, also leaves Sex Education. The actress, member of the band of fashionistas who reign over the school, preferred to focus on another Netflix series, also well known to the public. Between two seasons, Simone Ashley landed the role of Kate Sharma from The Bridgerton Chronicle . With the dazzling success of English fiction, the interpreter preferred to leave the series.

The latest departure is that of Rakhee Thakkar, who plays Emily Sands, an on-screen English teacher. She announced the news a few days ago on RadioTimes. “I am no longer part of the new episodes”she says before explaining “not really knowing why”. In this vagueness the actress, whose adult role still had important scenes within Sex Education, says to himself “very proud and grateful to have been part of such an important series”.

Despite this carnage, the production of Sex Education can still count on the presence of the main characters from previous seasons. Asa Butterfield and Emma Mackey will reprise their roles as Otis and Maeve. A relief for the scriptwriters who, at the end of the third part, let the two protagonists discover the joys and sorrows of a long-distance relationship. The rebellious but brilliant student who won a scholarship to the United States.

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The mystery around the presence of Ncuti Gatwa still hovered until today. The interpreter of Eric Effiong and best friend of Otis landed the lead role last Mayl in the fourteenth incarnation of the American series Doctor Who. Like her colleague Simone Ashley, scheduling concerns called into question her presence in the fourth season of Sex Education. It’s the American magazine variety who confirmed the news. Eric will remain one of the characters of the series.

While filming for the third season had been significantly delayed by the global pandemic, new episodes are in production. The whole, always supervised by its creator Laurie Dunn. Without giving a specific release date, Sex Education promise “new intrigues linked to the arrival of new characters and their meeting with the old ones”as assured by a source close to the series.