Name: Michaela Coel Searched "How To Write A TV Show" Before Creating "I May Destroy You"
Uploaded: 2021-03-09T21:50:54.000Z
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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE

STAR, CREATOR AND WRITER OF THE HBO SERIES "I MAY DESTROY YOU".

>> IT SEPARATES HIM FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.

RATHER THAN COSTING HIM, HE TIP TOED ON THIS AND HE EXPERIENCED

RIGHT ON THE LINE OF BEING NEITHER IN ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER,

AND THOUGHT HOW IN THIS GRAY AREA WHERE NOTHING WAS QUITE

YOU CAN'T ARTICULATE, COULDN'T PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS WE

FELT WAS SO WRONG, SO YEAH, HE THINKS HE IS THE SMARTEST MAN IN

>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME TO 'A' LATE SHOW, MICHAELA COEL.

>> A PLEASURE, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.

>> Stephen: WHERE AM I CATCHING YOU IN THE WORLD, IN

>> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU FOR STAYING UP LATE, THEN.

>> IT'S MY PLEASURE, THIS IS ABOUT, I'M PROBABLY GOING TO

START FALLING ASLEEP IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, SO YOU CAUGHT ME

>> Stephen: JUST PAST MY BED TIME, I PROMISE YOU.

>> Stephen: I AM MUCH OLDER THAN YOU ARE.

I YOU YOU CREATED, WROTE, DIRECTED AND STARRED IN, WAS

RELEASED LAST SUMMER AND IT WAS AN INSTANT CRITICAL SUCCESS.

IS HBO, I MAY DESTROY YOU MIGHT BE THE BEST TV SHOW OF THE YEAR.

I MAY DESTROY YOU, HBO'S NEW UNFORGETTABLE, UNMISSABLE DRAMA.

HBO'S I MAY DESTROY SU THE MOST ASTONISHING SHOW ON TV RIGHT

IT'S GETTING ALL OF THIS INCREDIBLE PRAISE DURING COVID

OR WAS THAT ALL JUST HAPPENING AT A GREAT DISTANCE LIKE A CHOIR

THEY SENT ME THIS FRAMED POSTER WITH MY FACE AS ARABELLA AND ALL

OF THESE CAPTIONS FROM THESE WONDERFUL JOURNALISTS.

AND I REMEMBER OPENING THE PACKAGE AND LOOKING AT ALL THE

QUOTES AND MY HEAD WAS JUST SPINNING BECAUSE IT IS-- LIFE IS

I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> Stephen: THE SHOW IS BASED ON YOUR OWN STORY.

AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO TAKE YOUR OWN TRAUMA AND TURN THAT

INTO A STORY THAT YOU SHARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WHAT WAS THAT

DIFFICULT OR WAS IT IN SOME WAYS EMPOWERING?

IT STARTS OFF REALLY SMALL WHEN YOU, I'M SURE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU

IT IS LAUNCHED TO THE WORLD, BEFORE YOUR CAST EVEN GATHERS

FOR A TABLE READ, THERE SAY VERY INTIMATE YEAR AND A HALF OF

WRITING WHERE YOU ARE CREATING SOMETHING AND SHARING IT WITH

HBO AND THAT IS MY COPRODUCERS PHIL AND TED AT THE BBC, SO IT

IS THIS TINY PUB THE HUB, AND EVERYTHING FEELS REALLY

AND THEN THERE IS THE NEXT PHASE WHERE THE CAST HAS YOUR SCRIPT

AND THE CREW HAVE YOUR SCRIPT AND NOW A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE ARE

READING IT AND THEN IT GOES TO THE WORLD AND IT IS MILLIONS.

SO IT FEELS QUITE GRADUAL IN SHARING SOMETHING SO PERSONAL,

AND IT IS STILL HARD AND IT IS STILL TRIPPY BUT SOMETHING

CAUSED A LOT OF PAIN AND SOMETIMES IT IS A SURPRISE TO ME

IT IS SOMETIMES TRIPPY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT MAKING A SHOW ABOUT YOUR PAIN,

IT'S ALMOST AS IF NEW MEMORIES REPLACE OLD ONES, OR SORT OF

STAND BESIDE PAINFUL MEMORIES SO WHENEVER YOU THINK ABOUT THE

PAIN YOU THINK ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE OF MAKING

THE SHOW AND WHAT A JOY IT WAS AND HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES IT

>> IS THIS TRUE THAT BEFORE YOU, EVERY TIME BEFORE YOU START

WRITING A PROJECT YOU GOOGLE HOW TO WRITE A TELEVISION SERIES?

>> YES, YES, I MEAN HAVE I ONLY MADE THE THREE.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THIS GAME FOR A

SO WHAT DO YOU LEARN, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO REGOOGLE IT EVERY TIME.

>> NOW ARE YOU ASKING ME WHAT I LEARN, AND AGAIN I DON'T

REMEMBER WHICH MEANS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GOOGLE AGAIN.

I THINK I'M LEARNING SOME SORT OF BASIC LIKE ADD STRUCTURE, IN

THE HERO HAS TO LEARN SOMETHING, AND FIRST YOU BEGIN WITH, YOU

SET UP THE LIFE AND THEN WE MEET A PROBLEM.

IT'S SOME BASIC STUFF THAT I THINK OTHER PEOPLE LEARNED WHEN

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