Note: This article contains spoilers for the Nancy Drew season one premiere.
Nancy Drew star Kennedy McMann has opened up about the role sex plays in The CW's reimagining of the classic mystery book series.
Speaking to Digital Spy, the actress explained how Nancy's perfect life begins to unravel following the death of her mother, which leaves her desperately trying to fill a void.
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"[Nancy] grew up in high school with the perfect boyfriend and being the perfect daughter and the perfect student," Kennedy explained.
"And as her life's unravelled, her mother passes, and because she was so focused on her mother's health, her whole plans to go to college unravel and she ends up taking this gap year and she doesn't know who she is.
"If she's not her mother's daughter, who is she? If she's not a student, who is she? If she's not pursuing this path that has been in place for so long, who is she?
"And I think because of this unravelling she's willing to try anything and desperately work to fill this void that she's experiencing, and this extreme loneliness."
She continued: "So she meets Nick [Tunji Kasim] and for her, that relationship is very physically focused in the beginning, whereas his perspective is more like, 'Hey, I actually like you, can we maybe, like, talk?'"
In our review of the season one premiere, we addressed how the character has been "sexed up" for this reimagining of the series, rendering her almost unrecognisable to the chaste young sleuth from previous interpretations.
Nancy Drew airs weekly on The CW in the US.
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