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And it was at a very sort of dark time in my life.
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And, at the same time, I was on fertility hormones trying to get pregnant.
It was a bit relentless.
So I just was in those moments that we all have in life that youre like, Really?
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Do you have any?
And the truth is, I really didnt.
I feel so dumb saying I truly didnt have any ideas.
And it sort of started from there, and then I kept developing it as we went along.
How did you cast Christina as Jen and Linda as Judy?
Did you chemistry-test them?
The relationship between those women is so important to the series.No, we did not do a chemistry read.
Theyre both stars, theyre offer only kind of gals.
When Lindas name was brought up, I was already such a fan of hers, actually fromBloodline.
So we kind of rolled the dice.
Sometimes you roll the dice and it turns up lucky sevens.
You mentioned your struggles with fertility, which became a plot line for Judy.
But did Christinas own honesty with her real-life mastectomy lead to Jens own revelation?Yeah.
And I was like, That is incredible.
Shes like, I just think it will resonate with people.
I imagine shes right because its not something that you see a lot about.
And it brings such a humanity and a vulnerability to her character.
The tone is so specific with the series shifting from dark comedy to emotional drama.
There was almost an effortlessness with the way they were able to switch back and forth.
And thats just how I look at life.
Sometimes it is a little melodramatic and sometimes it is a little ridiculous.
Was this something you mapped out the entire season for in advance?
Nine of them were written.
I had not originally pitched that.
But in the most basic way, the score has been evened.
I wanted him to only be alive for the characters who were still there.
I didnt feel that we needed him to be a character on his own.
I just felt like it would be more effective to feel his absence rather than to feel his presence.
