“We Were the Lucky Ones” is an upcoming historical drama based on the book with the same name.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the series.
- We Were The Lucky Ones is an upcoming historical drama television series for Hulu
- It is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Georgia Hunter
- It dramatizes the Holocaust from the perspective of the Kurc family, fictional Polish Jews inspired by real people
- The story centers on siblings Halina (Joey King), Addy (Logan Lerman), Genec (Henry Lloyd-Hughes), Jakub (Amit Rahav), Mila (Hadas Yaron) and their parents, Sol (Lior Ashkenazi) and Nechuma (Robin Weigert)
- The series is produced by 20th Television and is adapted by Erica Lipez from the Georgia Hunter book We Were The Lucky Ones
- The book was based on her own family experience
- Lipez also serves as showrunner and executive producer
- Thomas Kail is director and executive producer
- Along with Adam Milch and Jennifer Todd who executive produces for Old 320 Sycamore
- And Ben Affleck and Matt Damon who executive produces for Pearl Street Films
- Joey King, Logan Lerman and Henry Lloyd-Hughes were cast as siblings who grow up in Radom, Poland
- With the role of Addy Kurc based on Hunter’s real-life grandfather
- Both King and Lerman have discussed having family members themselves who escaped The Holocaust
- Filming took place from December 2022
- It finished in spring 2023
- Primarily filming took place in Bucharest, Romania
- With filming locations also including Málaga and Cádiz in Spain
- The series has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
- Based on 8 reviews
- And a 83% rating on Metacritic
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