Netflix announced Wednesday that it will remake the Israeli series from Keshet, Lovesick (previously known in English as The Best Worst Thing), with Claire Danes in the lead role. Danes has won three Emmys, two for Homeland, which was a remake of the Israeli series, Prisoners of War, and one for the movie, Temple Grandin.
She will play an oncologist who discovers she herself has cancer on the same day she diagnoses the disease in a rising politician. A friendship develops between them, which blossoms into an intense romance.
In the Israel series, Ayelet Zurer, who co-starred with Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons, played the role that Danes will have, and Amos Tamam, who was in Srugim and Manayek, portrayed the politician. The Israeli series was created by Rona Tamir, Tal Granit, and Sharon Maymon for Israeli TV channel Keshet 12.
The Netflix series will be written and executive-produced by Sarah Treem (The Affair, House of Cards), who will serve as showrunner.
Treem and Danes will executive produce the series with Keshet’s Avi Nir (Homeland, Our Boys) and Keren Shahar (Unconditional, Total Control), as well as former Keshet Studios President Peter Traugott (Echo 3, La Brea). Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Keshet Studios, the US division of Keshet International, will produce the series.
Treem told the website, Deadline.com, “I’m thrilled to get to tell this story with the genius, Claire Danes. We’ve been looking for something to do together for a very long time, and this character, Annika, is perhaps a mix of both of our wildest dreams.
“To get to tell a story about all the things keeping me up at night anyway — life, death, children, love, middle-age, courage, science, and faith — is an extraordinary opportunity I don’t take lightly in these turbulent times. We’re very grateful to Netflix for this significant commitment, and we cannot wait to get going.”
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