Adolescence was meant to be a why, not a whodunnit: Actor Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham, the British actor and co-creator of the much-talked-about Netflix series Adolescence, discussed the show's intentions with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. Explaining his intention behind creating the mini-series, Graham said, "As a collective, we didn’t want it to be a whodunnit, we wanted it to be more of a why." After reading news reports about young boys stabbing young girls, Graham, who plays Jamie Miller's father in the series, wondered, "What kind of a society are we living in at the moment where young boys are stabbing young girls? Thus, to start a conversation about how young minds are developing amid strong social media influence, Graham decided to make Adolescence.