We had tornadoes the night before we shot the tornado episode. “When I met with Bridget, Hannah and Paul, I was like this is exactly the kind of stuff I love to do. “We’re known for making responsibly made shows that still have heart and comedy. “I would say the challenges were just making a really small show inside of the television model,” said Jay Duplass.
The series also is executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass, with Jay also serving as one of the series’ directors. So I guess the credit goes to Jeff.” “Oh my god,” replied Miller. You just can’t help but feel comfortable when you’re around him. “He’s so sweet and has such an even disposition. “Jeff is like a life raft,” Everett explained. I think, also, the writers fostered the ability to make it our own so that it feels natural with our friendship”. It’s like bonding almost into bondage! I think we work well off each other. “We lived in a house together while we were shooting. The two had appeared on the same bill on cabaret shows in New York, but “we didn’t spend that much time together,” recalled Hiller. During the seven episodes, Sam and Joel help each other navigate their lives. The chemistry between Everett and Hiller is palpable.
The more of me in something, the better chance I have of being successful at it. I’m much more introspective and sit alone and stare at the wall kind of gal, drinking wine kind of gal.
Though Everett’s performance persona is brash and bawdy, she says that isn’t her true self. We used our midwestern toolboxes, but then we tried to Bridget-ize the whole season really putting in personal things from her life.” I’m from Illinois, Paul’s from Minnesota, Bridget’s from Kansas. We dreamed up what our dream show would be starring Bridget Everett and situated in her hometown, and we pitched it to them.”Įverett, noted Bos, was in the writer’s room “as we were developing and chiseling away at the story we wanted to tell. We’ve been huge fans of Bridget being in the New York performance scene. “I think there was a thought of Bridget in her hometown and what could that be. Series creators Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen received a call from executive producer Carolyn Strauss about creating a series for Everett, best known for the 2017 indie film ”Patti Cake$,” and singing on “Inside Amy Schumer.” “I think Hannah and I came to mind because we’re from the Midwest,” explained Thureen.
But homecoming, and coming to feel truly at home, is a much more complicated process.” There are even, eventually, a tornado and a little dog.
James Poniewozik of the New York Times compared the series to another Kansas tale: “The Wizard of Oz.” ” A Kansas woman with a song in her heart sets out to find her way, not by leaving but by staying. There are many autobiographical elements in the series including the fact that both Everett and Sam hail from Manhattan, Kansas. He encourages her to return to singing by inviting her to an afterhours gathering at a mall church. She feels like she doesn’t fit in until she becomes friends with Joel ( Jeff Hiller), a sweet religious gay man who was also in the choir. Sam, who had been a singer in the high school choir, is now stuck in a dead-end job and grieving over her loss. Everett plays Sam, a woman who has returned to her small Kansas hometown to take care of her dying sister. “Somebody Somewhere,” which premiered in January and was renewed for a second season by early February, has is rated 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.