I just knew that I had to be a part of it.
I put together a little treatment.
It was pretty quick.
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Michael Lombardo and Casey Bloys [of HBO], were willing to take a risk on me.
And that was that a month later, we were shooting.
I also related to the character of Molly.
We formed a real friendship.
On the unique challenge of crafting a pilot:
Were trying to create a language.
Its a perfect pairing with the music [in the show].
I think a lot of that comes from my video experience.
For Molly, it was a colder world and supposed to feel more stable and put together.
With Issa, its a little more unstable and we use a lot of handhelds.
We edited it at the end.
I think we had, like, a five-minute version of the scene.
It was so hard to pick our favorite moments, but obviously we had to bring it down.
It definitely stands out and its really fing funny.
On the opening scene at the school:
The kids were really into it.
Kids are always fun to work with they get into it and they take the readings well.
Some of the kids come back in future episodes and they definitely bring their own attitude to it.
But I also really wanted her to get into it, with the crowd egging her on.
It was really weird.
I think she could probably really just hear my voice shouting over everything.
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