Charlotte Regan On Making ‘Mint’: A Crime-Romance Drama With Emma Laird, Loyle Carner & A Touch Of Magical Realism

February 17, 2026 Deadline

Charlotte Regan is the writer-director of Mint, the upcoming BBC drama about a Scottish crime family and a budding romance between Shannon (Emma Laird) and Aaron (Ben Coyle Larner), two young lovers from rival firms. The series has some of the beats of a crime-romance-family drama, but also heightened visual moments such as Shannon levitating, […]