Matthew Macfadyen and Elizabeth Banks are Les and Lindy, a couple trying to keep their marriage together in upcoming Peacock drama The Miniature Wife . The wrinkle is that he has accidentally shrunk her to a six inches high, adding a high-concept twist to the relationship drama.

“That’s part of the attraction and because it’s so it’s so heightened you can play it really life and death,” Macfadyen tells Deadline about the show, which had a preview screening at MIPCOM here in Cannes last night (Monday). Although playing opposite Banks, the fact she was in miniature meant they were rarely actually facing off on set. “Elizabeth and I weren’t together for most of the show, because she’s in front of a green screen, looking up at dots on the ceiling and high up on the wall, and I’m on a

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