“I May Destroy You” premiered last year on HBO to rapturous praise. The series is created by Michaela Coel, who also serves as executive producer, writer, co-director, and star. Her singular voice and creative vision have helped the limited series stand out in a crowded year. Scroll down to watch our seven in-depth video interviews with top Emmy contenders from the series.
Coel used an experience from her own life as a jumping off point for the story. Here she plays Arabella, a millennial social media star turned best-selling author. During a late night writing session, Arabella is raped when she takes a break to have a few drinks with friends. After waking up in a daze, memories of the violent experience come back to her in fuzzy fragments. With the help of her friends Terry (Weruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu), she endeavors to work through her trauma and rebuild her life.
Coel used an experience from her own life as a jumping off point for the story. Here she plays Arabella, a millennial social media star turned best-selling author. During a late night writing session, Arabella is raped when she takes a break to have a few drinks with friends. After waking up in a daze, memories of the violent experience come back to her in fuzzy fragments. With the help of her friends Terry (Weruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu), she endeavors to work through her trauma and rebuild her life.
- 7/11/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
The editors of HBO’s “I May Destroy You” all have their own instinctual approaches to their craft, but they are in agreement over the show’s most important ingredient: the creative freedom granted by creator and star Michaela Coel. “I think we were in luck on this show, because we had Michaela running into all of our rooms,” says Lindsey Woodward of the collaboration. Woodward is joined by fellow editors John Dwelly, Amy Hounsell, and Christian Sandino-Taylor to discuss the ways in which this groundbreaking limited series asked them all to step outside of the box. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“You just trusted that it would become this coherent, homogenous thing,” explains Sandino Taylor. That sense was shared by all the editors during conversations in the early stages of assembly. That was due in large part to the creative leeway extended to each of them in the editing room.
“You just trusted that it would become this coherent, homogenous thing,” explains Sandino Taylor. That sense was shared by all the editors during conversations in the early stages of assembly. That was due in large part to the creative leeway extended to each of them in the editing room.
- 6/6/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
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