‘Lord of the Flies’ Casting Directors on David McKenna Being the Perfect Piggy: He Seemed ‘Peculiar and Weird’

By Jazz Tangcay

Jazz Tangcay

Artisans Editor

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“Adolescence” co-creator Jack Thorne’s adaptation of “Lord of the Flies” remains largely faithful to William Golding’s 1954 novel. The series, a co-production between Sony Pictures Television’s Eleven Films (which makes it eligible for the Primetime Emmys) and the BBC, follows a group of boys who become stranded on an island in the early 1950s following a plane crash. The boys are a mix of “little ’uns” and the “big ‘uns”, ranging in age from 5-6 and pre-teens. Thorne’s adaptation is divided into four chapters unfolding through the perspectives of its main characters: Piggy (David McKenna), Jack (Lox Pratt), Simon (Ike Talbut) and Ralph (Winston Sawyers).

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