In October 2020, it was announced that Emma Thompson would star in a film directed by Sophie Hyde from a screenplay by Katy Brand.

In a script that approaches intimacy and sex in a sometimes comedic way, vulnerability and openness were vital. A review in The New York Times by Lisa Kennedy described the film as "a tart and tender probe into sex and intimacy, power dynamics and human connection.The comedy thriller follows Pixie Hardy who sets out to avenge her mother's death and attempts a heist that will allow her to leave her small town behind. Leo has a full life and a past that he doesn't share with his clients and that shape who he is, but he also creates lines for himself within his work like you should in any professional setting. Cover Notes: In GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE, two-time Academy Awardr winner Emma Thompson (Love, Actually) plays Nancy Stokes, a retired school teacher yearning for some adventure, and some sex. She is a Patron of the Refugee Council and also patron of Edinburgh College's Performing Arts Studio of Scotland. Of the overall effect, Hyde says, "It's a really brilliant thing to be making something where it's just set in one room with two actors where you can really focus on performance.

We wanted to make sure that what we were saying felt real to people that were engaged in this kind of deeply intimate work. But he's gone now, and Nancy has a plan: she will find adventure with a sex worker named Leo Grande (Daryl McCormack). He tells her about his other clients, explaining that he obtains genuine pleasure from seeing their pleasure.

I knew that she would have a certain cadence and a way of delivering lines, a way of being funny, but also true at the same time. As a director, Hyde was interested in showing a certain freedom that can be found in pleasure and connection. Leo Grande is a modern young man who makes a living as a sex worker and meets Nancy after she books him for a session. In Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, two-time Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson ( Love, Actually) embodies the candor and apprehension of retired teacher Nancy Stokes, and newcomer Daryl McCormack ( Peaky Blinders) personifies the charisma and compassion of sex worker Leo Grande.

Brand passed the script along to producer Debbie Gray of Genesius Pictures, who responded to it instantly. I think that you can make a connection with anyone anywhere, and it doesn't mean it has to last a lifetime. Change country or region: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. Alone in the garden, he began kissing and fingering her before being interrupted, and she left the following day.Our bodies, our shame, our mis-communications, our sexual connections, and sexual frustrations are funny, touching, and often tragic, and I believe we are longing for stories that reflect us and challenge us and allow us to consider how we treat each other. Anxious, she explains that she has never had an orgasm, and has vowed never again to fake one after the death of her husband two years earlier. Robinson highlighted how the film seemingly destroyed the "mythos that women stop living for themselves after they reach a certain point in their lives. It's a two-hander and you know I'm a war horse that's done a lot of stuff, and Daryl's done loads, but you know he's still young and it's a remarkable, remarkable performance, and I'm really excited to see people reacting to that. I doubt any male of the species will enjoy this nonesense, although old women trying to shag a tall handsom young man may go for it!

Nancy recounts her most sensual experience: as a teenager on a family holiday in Greece, a hotel worker took an interest in her.

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is released on DVD and Blu-ray 12th September 2022 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.