Channel 4’s My Mad Fat Diary is an adaptation of a real diary from an obese 16-year-old girl who lives in Australia, and Tom says writing the script helped him overcome some traumatic experiences from his own teenage years.
The news that MTV has commissioned a pilot for an American version of the show.
Tom says: “They do it differently over there. They’ll just make the pilot and see if they like it enough to make a whole series.
“They’re also doing 30-minute episodes rather than an hour, so there are a lot of differences.
“I’m working on the story now and will be working on the script over the next couple of months.
“I expect the American version to shift more towards the comedy than the drama, so it’s our job to make sure it doesn’t head too much towards the comedy.
“It’s a serious subject matter and we know what response it’s had from teenagers here.”
It hasn't even started and they're already making big changes
Did they not learn from when they tried to remake Skins?
