![]() ![]() I don’t think that’s how the world is, and this lives in a world of nothing but nuance.”īrodesser-Akner said that watching the cast play characters she created sent her into a trance-like state, much like Brett from “Seinfeld.” “It almost felt like fan fiction, or like fan fiction with your Barbies - like, what if you got your Barbies to be these famous people? I can’t even describe it.” “It seems like a lot of stuff right now is distilled into this black and white, good versus evil,” she said. “It’s nice to read something that’s just about examining how it feels to be this age in the world without any explosions.” Brody said that the book is “marvelous” in its ability to be “navel-gazing and completely cinematic and sweeping.” Caplan called the writer’s celebrity profiles “art,” and noted that she liked the story, because it felt true to the life stage that Caplan is at right now. It was Brodesser-Akner’s attachment to the project, however, that appealed to the cast. The dynamics of the bidding war changed, however, when she said that she wanted to write it herself. (Seth of “Fleishman Is in Trouble” is not to be confused with Seth from “The OC,” whom Brody also portrayed.) Seven of the eight episodes were penned by Brodesser-Akner, a highly regarded journalist known for her profiles of Tom Hiddleston, Bradley Cooper and Gwyneth Paltrow.īrodesser-Akner told Variety that she initially thought her book wasn’t adaptable for television, because it didn’t have “that much plot.” “I changed my mind when suddenly people started bidding on it,” she said. 17. Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Danes star as Toby and Rachel Fleishman, respectively, while Lizzy Caplan plays Libby and Adam Brody takes on the role of Seth, Toby’s womanizing friend who yearns to settle down. These are all nuances transplanted from the book into its limited series adaptation by FX, which premieres on Hulu on Nov. ![]()
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