FIREFLY Lane chronicles the lives of two best friends through their teenage years and through their forties.
The Netflix series is based on Kristin Hannah’s bestselling book of the same name.
Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke play best friends in Netflix’s Firefly Lane
Who is in the cast of Firefly Lane?
The cast of Netflix’s Firefly Lane includes:
- Katherine Heigl as Tully Hart
- Sarah Chalke as Kate Mularkey
- Ben Lawson as Johnny Ryan
- Beau Garrett as Tully’s mother Cloud
- Yael Yurman as Marah Ryan
- Ignacio Serricchio as Danny Diaz
- Ali Skovbye as Young teenage Tully
- London Robertson as Young Tully in the 1970s
- Roan Curtis as Young teenage Kate
On July 10, 2019, Katherine Heigl was cast as one of the show’s leading characters.
Opposite Sarah Chalke’s character Kate, she plays talk show host Tully.
“I was in Toronto working on Suits when I first got the Firefly script,” Heigl remembered to Insider.
“I went and bought the book and read it between scenes on set, and I ended up in tears because I was so moved and swept off my feet by the story.
“It had everything I’d decided I wanted in my next project – the heart, the love, the exploration of grief, and the humor.
“I also love that it’s about women — it’s not a romance between lovers, it’s about two women and their lifelong love for one another as friends.”
The Emmy Award winner added: ” I feel like this is the kind of story I want to tell.
“When I first came across the script for Firefly Lane, I was at a point in my career where I had no idea what was going to happen next.
Sarah Chalke commented to EW: “I couldn’t believe it when I read it. I just fell in love with it.
“I laughed, and I cried, and then I laughed again, and then I cried again, and it just took me on this journey.
Sarah Chalke, Katherine Heigl, and Ben Lawson pictured while filming Firefly Lane
“I fell in love with the story of these two women and their incredible friendship over these 30 years.
“Then I fell in love with the role of Kate and how lucky it was to get to play somebody over these decades, and how she changed and went from being awkward and shy and vulnerable, to really finding herself and finding a voice in what she wanted.”
How can I watch Firefly Lane?
On April 27, 2023, Firefly Lane’s second and final season premiered via Netflix.
During the second season, Kate and Tully navigate several issues that challenge their 30-plus years of friendship.
Kate’s cancer diagnosis, family tragedies, parenting clashes, brushes with death, and political schemes are all a part of the final edition’s storyline.
Previously, the program debuted its first season on February 3, 2021.
