I will say, the dialogue, in particular, really stood out to me.
KIM ROSENSTOCK: They had like shorthand.
ROSENSTOCK: You want to hang out with them, be with them.
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That was what we wanted to capture.
And the moment you hear them start talking, you understand why this is different from her other relationships.
That leads really well into my next question because Michelle and Jenny do have this undeniable chemistry.
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I’m curious what the casting process for them was like.
Was there a chemistry read involved?
MERIWETHER: Yeah, there was.
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ROSENSTOCK: We don’t have that much time.
You have to get it so quickly.
MERIWETHER: You’re just jumping in.
Youre on set, and suddenly, you’re playing friends that have known each other for 20 years.
So yeah,Jenny read with Michelle, which was that magical casting moment.
Kim and I were in the back of the room and we were both just so moved.
ROSENSTOCK: It was like, Oh, that’s it.
It was also that moment where youre like, Oh, it works.
And Michelle, obviously.
Molly’s voice was just with her.
It was under her skin.
She couldn’t get Molly’s story out of her mind.
And just from that first conversation, I think we both understood that she got it.
That was that amazing feeling of, We can do this.
We can tell this story.
It’s possible, and she’s gonna be the person for us.
It was really an amazing meeting.
ROSENSTOCK: An amazing meeting.None of the questions that she asked came from a place of fear.
There was no conversation about nudity.
We had those later on, but initially, it was just about the character.
It was just about excitement.
None of it was about…
MERIWETHER: What she wont do.
ROSENSTOCK: Here’s what I’m worried about.
Here’s what I’m scared about.
Which, as Im thinking about it now, is so amazing, really.
MERIWETHER: And so much like Molly.
BecauseMolly went into things with that sort of openness and excitementand this, again, bravery.
ROSENSTOCK: Andsense of adventure, really.
MERIWETHER: Sense of adventure, yeah.
I can’t say enough about our cast and those two women.
Everyone is just incredible.
Even the supporting characters are.
MERIWETHER: Yes, totally.
ROSENSTOCK: Oh, theyre amazing.
MERIWETHER: I know.
MERIWETHER: That night.
I went to a play.
I saw the play, and I was like, Its Esco.
ROSENSTOCK: And then it was.
Can you talk about forming that character and wanting to address that issue?
Because I feel like that’s not ever talked about and it really needs to be.
MERIWETHER: Honestly, I wish we could have talked about it more.
Thats just the reality of what its like.
ROSENSTOCK: Someone with a totally different relationship to sex.
Its just about touch, and Robby did such an incredible job.
It was so exciting to us when, again, the discovery like, Oh, wait.
I think we were really excited to put that onscreen.
MERIWETHER: I love Robbys tough love with Michelle.
ROSENSTOCK: Robby’s version of the character was amazing.
MERIWETHER: So great and sort of no bullshit like, Just get over yourself.
Lets just do it.
That was a surprise.
ROSENSTOCK: It was likecranky Jewish dom.
I just want to watch this show.
It can look like anything.
Let’s explode that idea.
Let’s put it somewhere else.
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