Nunn had ideas for future seasons.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Sex Education showrunner Laurie Nunn feels that season 4 of the teen drama was the right time to end the show. The British teen dramedy, which initially began airing on Netflix in January 2019, follows the lives of various teenagers and adults in the fictional town of Moordale as they all navigate issues surrounding their bodies, interpersonal relationships and their sexualities.
Following the release of Sex Education season 4, Laurie Nunn spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, revealing why this new season was the right time to close the curtains on the show. The showrunner explains that while the show could have continued, the actors who were mostly portraying teenagers were all growing older, feeling that was one of the major deciding factors in ending the show.
I think they’re all just doing so well. It’s wonderful to see that. Our casting director Lauren Evans is brilliant at finding these really talented new actors, and I think that’s the real joy of a teen show; that you get to work with these real up-and-coming actors and mold characters around them. I think the fact that Ncuti is going to be Doctor Who is just so cool. I think the show definitely could have continued. I think that all of the actors are obviously much older now.
How The Sex Education Cast Have Changed Since It Began As Nunn rightly pointed out, actors cannot play teenagers forever. In fact, more often than not, much of the young ensemble in teen dramas tend to be much older than the teenagers they actually portray, and even though the brilliant cast of Sex Education managed to mostly excel in their roles, playing their parts with convincing youthful energy, they were all aging regardless.
Emma Mackey, the British-French actor who plays the sardonic Maeve Wiley and recently appeared in the Margot Robbie-led Barbie, was initially cast when she was 23. By the end of the show, she had turned 27, and at this point Maeve was only about 18 years old. Ncuti Gatwa, the 30-year-old who has been cast as the new Doctor Who, played the delectable Eric Effiong, who was also only about 18 years old by the time the show wrapped up.
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