23 December 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nErin Doherty fears phones can lead to “the death of art”.<\/p>\n
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Erin Doherty starred in Adolescence<\/p>\n
\nThe 33-year-old actress is not a fan of Netflix’s “casual viewing” genre – shows where the makers are aware those watching are not likely to be giving things their full attention – so hopes her own intense mini series Adolescence “flies the flag” for showing audiences still want to be engaged and challenged by what they are seeing.<\/p>\n
\nShe told The Guardian newspaper: \u201cI hate the idea that [the distraction of phones] is going to be a component in a creative mind. That, to me, is like the death of art. <\/p>\n
\n“So yes, I hope this flies the flag for having faith in our audiences. <\/p>\n
\n“People don\u2019t want to be spoon-fed and they don\u2019t need to be. We\u2019re way smarter than a lot of stuff out there thinks we are.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nSeveral months after the release of Adolescence, Erin hopes the hard-hitting drama continues to spark conversation.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI hope that it continues to be talked about.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWithout being a wanky actor, the dream is that you reach through the screen and you speak to people, and so I hope that people keep going back to it, and keep having those conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe British star insisted she had no idea the show, which has had almost 150 million views and been screened in secondary schools, would be such a “phenomenon” but she was aware immediately that it “deserved to be seen”.<\/p>\n
\nAsked if those involved with Adolescence knew it would become such a phenomenon, she said: \u201cNo, and I\u2019m not sure you\u2019re supposed to.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cBut you do know when you\u2019re a part of something that\u2019s good and deserves to be seen, and we knew that about it. I think because it came from such a genuine place, a place of real purity and rawness, it [fed into] the making of it. From day one, it had that electricity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nErin plays a therapist in the show and consulted her own former counsellor as part of her preparation.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI\u2019m such a big advocate for therapy. I\u2019d had years of admiration for this way of communicating.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nThe Crown actress noted therapists are often just on screen to further the plot and reveal insights about the main character, so she was pleased her character showed more of herself.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: \u201cI think there\u2019s so much more to them. They\u2019re so skilled to operate between these layers that are going on in any exchange. I wanted to bring that level of humanity to her.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt was interesting to me to put that friction on screen, because otherwise, it\u2019s just one kid in a room, up against this armoured being.<\/p>\n
\n“Therapists have feelings, and they do battle with their own judgments, so I wanted her to be struggling with that and a genuine investment in this kid.\u201d<\/p>\n
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