Apple TV+ nears series order for ‘Physical’ starring Rose Byrne

Apple keeps beefing up its Apple TV+ line-up. According to Deadline, the tech giant is nearing a series order for Physical, a dramedy headlined by actress Rose Byrne in her first regular role on an ongoing series since FX’s Damages. 

The project hails from Almost Family creator Annie Weisman, Dirty John showrunner Alexandra Cunningham and Tomorrow Studios. Written by Weisman, who also will serve as showrunner, Physical is set in a 1980s Southern California beach community. It follows a woman (Byrne) struggling in her life as a quietly tortured housewife who finds an unconventional path to power through an unlikely source: the world of aerobics.

Byrne is an Australian actress who made her screen debut in the film Dallas Doll (1994), and continued to act in Australian film and television throughout the 1990s. She obtained her first leading film role in The Goddess of 1967 (2000) and made the transition to Hollywood in the small role of Dormé in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), followed by larger parts in Troy (2004), 28 Weeks Later (2007), and Knowing (2009).