Rock ‘n romance: Prime premieres ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’
Transport yourself back to the wild Los Angeles rock ‘n’ roll scene of the 1970s on a magic shag carpet ride with a muchanticipated new limited series. The first three episodes of “Daisy Jones & the Six” drop on Prime Video Friday, March 3. Based on the novel by author Taylor Jenkins Reid, the musical drama details the rise and fall of the titular fictional classic rock band fronted by lead singers Daisy Jones (Riley Keough, “Mad Max: Fury Road,” 2015) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin, “Peaky Blinders”).
Skyrocketing to fame in the late 1970s, Daisy Jones & the Six disappear at the pinnacle of their career, calling it quits after a sold-out show at Chicago’s Soldier Field, per a January Prime Video news release. Years after the break, the former band members agree to spill all about their split, revealing how both romantic and musical relationships went up in flames after that fateful show.
Having come from one of the most famous musical families in history, Keough is a natural fit to play the enigmatic rock star, Daisy Jones. Granddaughter of Elvis Presley,
Keough was certainly raised hearing stories of the highs and lows of rock star fame, but she named her mother, the late Lisa Marie Presley, as her inspiration for the role. Keough told People magazine in December 2022 that she was “raised by somebody who did their own thing and didn’t really care what other people thought. She was definitely inspirational to me.”
The rest of the main cast are Camila Morrone (“Valley Girl,” 2020) as Camila Dunne, Will Harrison (“This Is a Film About My Mother,” 2022) as Graham Dunne, Suki Waterhouse (“Misbehaviour,” 2020) as Karen Sirko, Josh Whitehouse (“The Knight Before Christmas,” 2019) as Eddie Roundtree, Sebastian Chacon (“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels”) as Warren Rojas, Nabiyah Be (“Black Panther,” 2018) as
Simone Jackson and Tom Wright (“Medical Police”) as Teddy Price. “Justified” star Timothy Olyphant makes a guest appearance as Rod Reyes in the series.
“Daisy Jones & the Six” has been a big project for Prime Video — it acquired film and TV rights for the novel before it was even published — that expands even beyond the screen.