Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has been left in awe after finding out that legendary Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese watches the show.
McGee retweeted a clip of the iconic filmmaker being asked what TV series or movies he is watching lately.
Scorsese responded: "I watched the other night, Derry Girls." His response was greeted with loud cheers and applause before Scorsese humorously added: "Those nuns!"
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In her tweet, the astonished McGee wrote: "Excuse me while I drop dead and actually die a death."
She wasn't the only celebrity to be bowled over by Scorsese's reception of her work. One Day author and Patrick Melrose screenwriter David Nicholls tweeted McGee, writing: "Oh my God! The dream. Congratulations, Lisa!"
Meanwhile, comedian Dara Ó Briain added: "And that’s it, you win. Shut it down, people, we have a winner."
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Derry Girls ended earlier this year after three successful seasons that garnered a BAFTA nomination for Best Scripted Comedy. Actress Nicola Coughlan, who played Clare Devlin, admitted in June that she hadn't watched the finale despite it airing in May.
"You know what, I haven't watched the finale yet, because I was in LA when it came out," Coughlan said before speaking about how hard it was for the show to end.
"That day, I just cried and cried because it felt like such an ending of an era. It's been five years of my life. It was such a huge job for me to get and people connected with it so much, so I'm holding on to watch it."
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When the finale did air in May, McGee explained how COVID affected her original version of the last episode and just how different it could have been.
"[The episode] would have been [different] before our dates were pushed because of COVID," McGee said.
"There was a version of this that was just funny-funny, and the party and the Good Friday Agreement – it was just your typical Derry Girls, where they were like: 'This is hugely annoying', and there was no Michelle and Erin story."
Derry Girls is available to stream on All4.
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