![]() How did Nikesh come to the show? Were you familiar with his work previously? So we’re so lucky to have such a great cast. So you can write witty banter, but then cast people who have no chemistry whatsoever and it’s like. Again, chemistry is something you absolutely cannot write into scripts. And what’s great about Nikesh is that he takes the scripts that were written and turns it into something else. I think it’s become so clear when you’re watching a romantic-comedy where it feels like you can see the writer and characters aren’t able to bring their own sort of charm to the character. ![]() So many of the rom-coms I enjoy are all about not only very witty banter, but convincing dialogue as well. Someone asked the other day, “Is it improv?” And to be honest, no, we’ve worked so hard on the script to be so tightly packed. I think we’re also obsessed with detail in the show, even down to the energy of that back and forth between Tom and Jessie, it’s so specific. I think we always looked at each series as more of a film. ![]() We’re three writers who kind of grew up as writers in New Zealand. Dialogue is such a huge thing for us writing it. I honestly think we spend so much time on dialogue. Part of that is your acting partner, but as a writer what do you think makes a good romantic-comedy script? You do such a great job with the flirty banter scenes those moments that really make or break a romantic-comedy. I think it was like living vicariously through these characters in a way. No one was able to go out and everyone was just missing human contact. To be able to make something that is just like this character you know you enjoy and you want to be with for six episodes I think it’s so much fun to be able to make that because it’s such a hectic time. I think because I’m a Pisces, and that says a lot about it. I have such a propensity for watching rom-coms or romance films. kind of obsessed with romance and love in a weird, almost academic way. I’m just a fan of them and I just love any stories about love. I honestly think I had such an affinity, a borderline obsession with them as a teenager because I think there’s something to be said for pieces of work that provide comfort for people. What do you love about romantic comedies? This morning I was saying so many men have done that for so many years in film and television and so I think, why not? Why not? It’s actually almost cheeky and illegal to be like, “Yeah, so just writing a rom-com where I get to flirt with a handsome dude.” It’s outrageous, actually. Yeah, I mean, what is that? It’s total wish fulfillment. I love that what you wrote for yourself was this very fun fantasy about a movie star falling in love with you. ![]() If you want to do something right, do it yourself. I’m such a fan of it and I guess maybe resented the fact that I was never really cast in one, so I’d wrote it myself. You know when you’re that desperate, you’re like, “Oh, you know, I’ll just write a rom-com with me in it!” But I’ve always had a love of that genre. ![]() There were lots of “No thank you’s,” and finally one of the channels, BBC, “One more idea.” And that was “Starstruck.” It was nice because in retrospect all the other ideas I would have been annoyed if I had to write. After that, I got the opportunity to go to channels in the UK and pitch ideas for television projects. Rose Matafeo: I just did a show “Horndog” which was fun. IndieWire: What was the original idea for the show? This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. Matafeo spoke to IndieWire on the phone about what else to expect from the second season, as well as how one scripts the kind of swoon-y romantic moments that will have fans hitting replay. David Zaslav, Defender of the Cable Bundle, Is Ready to Bundle Max with Other Streamers ![]()
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