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Congratulations on the shows second season!
How was thered-carpet premierecompared to season one?It was completely different!
This year, it was like red carpets on live news.
It was crazy and people were lining up, taking selfies with the cast.
It was a big affair.
I saw thephotosof those Norwegian exchange students who wrote Derry Girls on their stomachs.That was nuts!
We all were a bit overwhelmed were delighted obviously, but we were a bit shell-shocked.
Growing up in Derry, murals are normally associated with painful things, violence and war.
In the show, theres comedy even while the characters are dealing with armed police checkpoints and bomb threats.
Its already part of our identity, that very dark, strange sense of humor.
In terms of where the line is with the jokes, there are certain things I wouldnt do.
The first season ended on a sobering note, cutting to the news report of a fatal bombing.
The possibility of hope can be the saddest thing.
When everythings just tragic, you sort of become accustomed to that.
But when theres the glimmer that you might get out of this, I find that quite emotional.
They arent always talking about boys, or periods, or how big their boobs are theyre ambitious.
The main cast is allowed to be unlikable.Yes, exactly.
The humor inDerry Girlsis extremely Irish.
Did you ever venture to make it more relatable to wider audiences?Not really.
I never thought it would get such a big audience.
I thought,God, I have this chance to write about my hometown.
And the working-class thing, you dont have to be Irish to understand not having a lot of money.
I just wanted to write something I loved.
Its mind-blowing when you see all of the different places that people are watching.
It surprised me how huge the Cranberries were.
Everyone was listening to them when they were 15, 16, or whatever.
The Cranberries always did that for me.
Thats why we decided to use them to open and shut the show.
They also get a really inspirational teacher this year.
Do you recall that day when Clinton visited Derry?I was about 14.
You couldnt have gotten near the town center.
It was saying,We think this peace thing might work; the presidents taking it seriously.
What was very strange was re-creating that in the same place.
It was just so weird because I, obviously, was there.
We were filming it in the square in the center of town that he made the speech in.
There are lots of them now, arent there?
But yeah, hes like a superstar in Derry now; everyone just wants to adopt him.
Derry just cant get enough of Dylan [Llewellyn].
Hes definitely the favorite.
Hes even my mum and dads favorite.
With Clares character, too, there was her whole coming-out story line.
Shes still a loser.
But yeah, shes definitely not all sorted out now; shes still a disaster.
It wont be as long as last time, definitely.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
