There’s this odd buddy duo going on between the two of them. I think we were just very lucky to be working with somebody who’s also really, really talented.īridget, there’s something just magical about watching the friendship between your character and Jeff Hiller’s character in this. It was always deeper and more real and locked all the other actors into the world in a really special way. And then, also, Bridget is just an incredible actor. We had a similar aesthetic and interest in these moments that aren’t often looked at. THUREEN: We like writing about the stuff that’s before or after the stuff that usually is the thing that people write about. As a non-classically trained actor, it was helpful to be able to have some real life experiences to fall on. It’s my story of how I found music again and how I found singing again. I love that we use music in the show, but it’s always more interesting, at least to me, the things that lead Sam to the song and that lead Sam to the music.
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And then, there were also things that are just totally Sam and from Paul’s father, who’s a farmer, and find this nice thing together, in a collaborative way.ĮVERETT: The wild Bridget on the stage sounds cool to think, “How could you translate that to a TV show?,” but it would get tired really fast. We got to use this dramatic side of Bridget, as well as her Kansas authentication and real life stuff. When you’re sitting on the voice of angel, as she would say, and when you’re sitting on this talent and it’s been in black and white, how do you use somebody who’s been shut down to open up in a really authentic, grounded way in a small town, slowly over a real period. We were really, I wouldn’t say lucky to have so much time, but we were lucky, in some ways, to have so much time during this pandemic period to study and figure out the right authentic way to wake someone up from their life. How did you figure out what the perfect formula and combination of all of that would be?īOS: Bridget was there with us, figuring it out.
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It feels like this show really knows how to make use of everything that makes Bridget Everett fabulous.
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RELATED: Mark Duplass on 'The Morning Show' Season 2 and the Kind of Marvel or DC Movie He’d Like to Make So, when Carolyn and Bridget came to us, it was just a dream, the idea of us figuring out what our version of that story would be. The first TV thing that we ever did was adapting one of our plays and we worked with Carolyn, so I think that Carolyn thought of us because Hannah and I are both from the Midwest and we thought that was gonna have that flavor. PAUL THUREEN: We came up in the New York performance world, admiring Bridget and seeing her shows and admiring her from afar and being huge fans. I think this seems like a logical next step.” And then, we needed writers, so we reached out to Paul and Hannah. I called her and she was like, “Well, I’m just finishing up Game of Thrones. She’s the shit, and she’s had her name on some of the best TV in television history. How did this all come about? Where did it start? How did it get to what we see now?ĮVERETT: Well, I got a deal at HBO, and then I reached out to Carolyn Strauss, who’s a TV mega whatever. But this is more than just a starring role for the comic who is best known for her work on Inside Amy Schumer, it's a semi-autobiographical journey through her own suffering.It’s one thing to I have an idea for a show, but it’s another thing to actually have a show and people populating it. While Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen serve as the show's creators, Bridgett, who is also an executive producer on the show, serves as its face. There's no doubt that so much of stand-up comedian Bridgett Everett's real-life experiences have been funneled into the show. How Somebody Somewhere Is Basically The True Story of Bridget Everett's Life Here's the tragedy that inspired Bridgett's show and what the upcoming second season will be about.
But those who know grief the way Bridget Everett does knows that a show like this can actually expand into new and inspiring Territories. Much like Netflix's After Life (which has made its cast quite, quite rich), Somebody Somewhere seemingly has a limited story to tell. Shows like Somebody Somewhere tend to build up a cult fan base over time, but those who caught it from the beginning are thrilled that HBO has renewed it for a second season.
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