Count Olaf explains why you should watch A Series Of Unfortunate Events (Picture: Netflix)

2017’s hotly anticipated TV series Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events drops on to Netflix on Friday morning but why exactly should we watch it?

Based on a series of books, Lemony Snicket loves to start off each of his stories by suggesting that the reader’s time would be better spent elsewhere, and that they should definitely stop reading, so when Metro.co.uk sat down with Count Olaf, we had to ask what he thought of Lemony’s actions.

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‘I am relatively annoyed by what this Lemony Snicket seems to talk about,’ he admitted.

‘I think the important thing is to watch the show because Count Olaf is the star and he’s incredibly talented and handsome, so if you’re in to handsome and talented actors who don’t have a problem abusing children or setting things on fire – and that’s pretty much everyone – this is the show for you.’




We’re there.

The first eight episodes of the series will become available to all Netflix members worldwide on Friday January 13, 2017, at 8:00am GMT.

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