{"id":50642,"date":"2024-05-02T12:54:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2034725"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:26:39","slug":"netflix-unveils-geek-girl-trailer-with-house-of-the-dragons-emily-carey","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/netflix-unveils-geek-girl-trailer-with-house-of-the-dragons-emily-carey\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix unveils Geek Girl trailer with House of the Dragon\u2019s Emily Carey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The series is adapted from Holly Smale&#8217;s best-selling novels. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 02 May 2024 at 10:54 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Holly Smale\u2019s best-selling coming-of-age <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/geek-girl-first-look-images-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Geek Girl<\/a> books have been adapted into a brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming\/netflix\/\">Netflix<\/a> series, and now we\u2019ve got our first look at what to expect in an exciting trailer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-preview-content\" data-placement=\"Body\">\n<p>The trailer introduces viewers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/house-dragon-season-2-release-date\/\">House of the Dragon<\/a> star Emily Carey\u2019s Harriet Manners, a geeky 16-year-old who is unexpectedly scouted by a modelling agency while on a school trip.<\/p>\n<p>She is offered \u201cthe biggest opportunity\u201d of her life, although she immediately rebuts that she\u2019s sure there have been bigger opportunities before.<\/p>\n<p>Initially reluctant, Harriet starts to come around to her new lifestyle when she meets young supermodel Nick Park, played by Liam Woodrum.<\/p>\n<p>With stifling media attention following, Harriet narrates that, \u201cThis is a story for anyone who\u2019s ever wanted to fit in,\u201d before adding, \u201cSometimes, to change your life, you have to stand out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can watch the full trailer right here now.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Geek Girl NEW SERIES Trailer | Netflix After School\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdZBcsIWhbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>As well as Carey and Woodrum, the series also stars Tim Downie, Jemima Rooper, Rochelle Harrington, Hersha Verity, Sarah Parish, Emmanuel Imani, Zac Looker, Sandra Yi Sencindiver and Daisy Jelley.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read more:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-gathering-channel-4-air-date-confirmed-newsupdate\/\">Line of Duty, Vigil producers\u2019 thriller The Gathering air date confirmed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/shardlake-book-change-jack-barak-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Shardlake cast explain key change to Disney Plus series from the books<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It has been co-created for TV by Jessica Ruston and Smale, while further episodes have been written by Sameera Steward and Sarah Morgan, with additional material by Zo\u00eb Rocha and Georgie Armour.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Posting the new trailer on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HolSmale\/status\/1785942367955980671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, which has been rebranded as X, Smale said: \u201cTHE GEEK GIRL TRAILER IS HERE!! The trailer is also now on <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@netflix <\/span>so go go go and show the world how amazing geeks can be.\u201d<\/p> <p>The Geek Girl books were inspired by Smale\u2019s own experiences as a teenage fashion model, with the author calling the experience of writing the first novel \u201ccathartic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?id=489797&amp;clickref=radiotimes-0&amp;awinmid=1478&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Fbooks%2Fauthorinterviews%2F10868052%2FGeek-Girl-was-a-cathartic-book-to-write-says-Holly-Smale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">The Telegraph<\/a> in 2015: \u201cMy dad never realised at the time how bad it was. Writing Geek Girl was cathartic, even though my father was devastated to find out just what I had been through.\u201d<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"7eaba5449f9f58b8e674e2c5c2481dd5e4a86017\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"7eaba5449f9f58b8e674e2c5c2481dd5e4a86017\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p><strong>Geek Girl will stream on Netflix from Thursday 30th May 2024.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/\"><strong>Sign up for Netflix from \u00a34.99 a month<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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