Four Weddings and a Funeral follows "four American friends — Maya, Craig, Ainsley, and Duffy — who reunite for a fabulous London wedding. But after a bombshell at the altar throws their lives into turmoil, they must weather a tumultuous year of romance and heartbreak. Relationships are forged and broken, political scandals exposed, London social life lampooned, love affairs ignited and doused, and of course, there are four weddings...and a funeral."[2]
Cast and characters
Main
Nathalie Emmanuel as Maya Jones, a political speechwriter from the United States who recently moved to London to be closer to her best friends from college
Nikesh Patel as Kashif (Kash) Khan, Ainsley's ex-fiancé and an unhappy investment banker who wants to become an actor
Rebecca Rittenhouse as Ainsley Howard, an interior designer whose parents fund her interior design business and apartment
John Reynolds as Caleb Duffy (Duffy), a Latin teacher who wants to become a novelist. He has been secretly in love with Maya for a decade.
Brandon Mychal Smith as Craig Thompson, an investment banker who is also Kash's office mate and friend
Zoe Boyle as Gemma Thorpe-Blood, Ainsley's British neighbor and friend who is a housewife
Rakhee Thakrar as Fatima, Kash's ex-girlfriend and Basheer's girlfriend
Alex Jennings as Andrew Aldridge, a very conservative Member of Parliament, Maya's boss, and Tony 2's love interest. Jennings was originally cast as Charles in the 1994 film, before he was replaced by Hugh Grant due to production delays.[3]
On April 12, 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on July 31, 2019.[1]
Casting
On October 26, 2018, it was announced that Jessica Williams, Nikesh Patel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and John Reynolds had been cast in starring roles.[9] On November 21, 2018, it was reported that Williams' lead role of Jess had been reconceived into a new character named Maya and that Williams had been recast in the role by Nathalie Emmanuel. Additionally, it was further reported that Brandon Mychal Smith, Zoe Boyle, Harish Patel and Guz Khan had joined the cast and that Andie MacDowell would make a guest appearance in a nod to her starring role in the 1994 film, albeit not as her original character Carrie from the film.[2] On December 7, 2018, it was announced that Tom Mison and Ashley Madekwe had been cast in recurring roles and that Tommy Dewey would make a guest appearance.[10] In February 2019, Sophia La Porta joined the cast.
Filming
Principal photography for the series commenced on November 26, 2018, in London, England.[11]
Music
The Four Weddings and a Funeral (Music From the Original TV Series) soundtrack was released on August 14, 2019 which consisted of a blend of cover versions and originals.[12]
Four Weddings and a Funeral (Music From the Original TV Series)[13]
On review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 42% based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 5.59/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Despite an impressive cast and crew, Four Weddings and a Funeral falls flat, relying too heavily on genre clichés to offer audiences anything more than just another mediocre romcom."[14] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 50 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[15]
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