The present explores privilege and wealth gaps in relationships and the way these dynamics have an effect on relationships – what was that prefer to play, was it an necessary story so that you can inform?
I really feel prefer it’s one thing that exists however is not actually talked about. As a result of, particularly as a society, we do not love speaking about cash, however now we’re having extra discussions about it. It is one thing that is all the time been there, however solely is now being addressed. I’ve skilled it, I’ve seen different folks expertise it, so I might draw alone private expertise.
We additionally see the present discover poisonous masculinity and an actual zoom in on male friendship between Marcus [David Jonsson] and Dylan [Laurie Davidson] as nicely…
I simply adore them, for a begin – as human beings, as artists. They’re unbelievable and intelligent and beneficiant. You see the theme of codependency there, which I do not suppose has been explored that a lot basically relationships, truly, on display – however particularly in in male relationships. After I learn the script, the phrases ‘poisonous masculinity’ did not actually come into my thoughts. I feel as a result of it was written with such nuance.
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With each mild component of the present there may be some darkish – how did you discover filming your sexual assault and harassment scenes, how did you put together?
After I first learn it [in the script] it was a bit completely different, however then it was an extremely collaborative course of. As a result of everytime you’re filming a scene like that, it comes with a number of uncomfortablity. It was very delicate, and it was so necessary to me for it to be executed proper, and it was necessary to everybody else as nicely. I used to be capable of have numerous enter… it was between me and our intimacy co-ordinators, our director and Mikey [who plays the perpetrator]. We simply actually sat down and talked about it so it wasn’t a rushed factor, it was actually thought-about. I felt that what I hadn’t seen as a lot on display have been cases that I do know have occurred to lots of people that I feel folks will have the ability to take a look at and go, ‘That is occurred to me, and I did not know what to name it’.