Jack Thorne on why Lord of the Flies is ‘remarkably tender’

Thorne describes it as a “relay race” between the leads, from Piggy (David McKenna), the intellectual voice of reason in the group, then to Jack (Lox Pratt), the leader of the choir boys, to Simon (Ike Talbut), a sensitive, independent boy, and finally to Ralph (Winston Sawyers), the group’s elected leader.