Why Are There Only Five Band Members in ‘Daisy Jones and The Six’?
The new adaptation of Daisy Jones and The Six is a big fat lie. Why? The answer is in the title. While there certainly is a Daisy Jones (Riley Keough)—you can’t make the show without the lead—the second half of the title isn’t true. While the original band in the book that the show is based on has six members, this new series completely erases one of the main characters from the novel.
The group originally was called “The Dunne Brothers,” before non-Dunne-related members of the band wanted to rename the act. Sure, Billy (Sam Claflin) and Graham Dunne (Will Harrison) are the two leading members. But what about smooth keyboardist Karen (Suki Waterhouse), drummer Warren (Sebastian Chacon), and jealous bassist Eddie (Josh Whitehouse), none of whom are part of the Dunne family?
The name “The Five” doesn’t sound so great. In the show, the rockers make the point that there are already enough bands using the word five in their names: The Dave Clark Five, The Jackson 5, Maroon 5… (Okay, maybe not that last one.) So, they include Billy’s girlfriend and photographer Camila (Camila Morrone) as an honorary band member and settle on another name instead: The Six.