Margo’s Got Money Troubles: Apple TV+ Series Ditches Love Story, Bets on Star-Studded Cast
Rufi Thorpe explains that her novel Margo’s Got Money Troubles is being adapted for Apple TV+ with David E. Kelley and A24, and she welcomed major creative divergence from the book, including dropping the central JB love story to suit TV. The series stars Elle Fanning as Margo, with Nicole Kidman as an ex-wrestler and Michelle Pfeiffer as Margo’s mother Shyanne; Greg Kinnear plays the professor and Nick Offerman plays Kenny, Jinx’s wrestling buddy. Thorpe notes that producers asked what she feared they’d do and that she appreciated creative freedom, while input from sex workers helped shape the portrayal of the book’s sex-work elements. The show reframes the pregnancy-and-OnlyFans premise for TV and emphasizes moral and religious themes rather than a romantic arc.
