Leslye Headland creates a frenzy of satisfaction with its new Netflix show, "Russian Doll"

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Netflix has been posting so much content lately that you can easily feel overwhelmed with options. With so many choices and so little time, can I direct you to Leslye Headland Russian doll, coming to Netflix on Friday, February 1st. The stars of the show Natasha Lyonne, who also serves as producer and co-creator. Lyonne embodies our heroine Nadia, a born and hip hip New Yorker, whose 36th birthday is short lived when she continues to die as horribly as possible, and that she is the only one of her kind. she must then repeat the day until she can find it again. own resolution to the problem of time. It's a nightmarish situation that makes the Netflix frenzy extremely profitable. & Nbsp;Russian doll seems to define a genre, but I believe & nbsp;Leslye Headland, co-creator, director and scriptwriter of the series described it as a "mystery show". It's a little black, sometimes supernatural, with moments so comical and easy to tell that quickly turn into morbid and dark territory. It's an experience you might want to do twice to not miss anything fascinating details, because there are mysteries to solve and shades to grasp at every turn and in every relationship between Nadia, his ex-boyfriend. , friends and some surprise guests. The title of the show refers to the Russian nesting dolls and serves as a metaphor for what Nadia needs to peel to try to reprogram the loop and tell her story.

Headland has made a name for itself as a hilarious and provocative voice, starting by writing multi-dimensional female characters in highly successful theatrical productions & nbsp;Assistance& nbsp; (2012) and bachelorette& nbsp; (2010), the latter has been transformed into a movie with Isla Fisher and Kristen Dunst. I interviewed her at Sundance for her 2015 for her movie Sleep with other people starring Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis, a film that explores the concept of platonic love, which Headland rightly describes as "Like & # 39;When Harry meets Sally& # 39; but for the morons."The common thread in Headland's work seems to be the fact that she's not afraid to create characters that are not always likeable.Sometimes it means women who are phobic of engagement Sometimes it means that women whose main problem in life does not find the right guy, but rather to find their vulnerability and their truth while navigating in romantic relationships.

I've spoken with Headland about creating Russian doll, & nbsp;which was produced, written and directed by a team entirely composed of women who write and direct (Amy Poehler was a producer). We also discussed what drives her to create and how this new thought-provoking series is autobiographical. Theater lovers will also be delighted to learn that Headland has a play that comes out this year with the IAMA Theater Company.

Risa Sarachan: The writing, production and production team of Russian doll was entirely feminine, did it create a work environment very different from the one you are used to? Is this a way to work again in future projects?

Leslye Headland:& nbsp; I would say that making a movie is stressful, anyway. You know, it's an experience of very high intensity. Even if everything is set up to succeed, it will remain incredibly stressful. It's like you're working at an independent level like me, we never have money and time, but I also have friends who make Marvel movies, and they're also like "we have no time." So it's always when you create something creative and you try to balance personalities in a given amount of time and high intensity things like stunts and a mystery show like Russian dollit'll be stressful whatever happens. & nbsp; Honestly, we worked with a team made up exclusively of women, which meant it was not planned. & nbsp; Then we thought, "Oh, I guess it's going to be all women." I would say that what is great about this is that because we all had to work a little harder to get over the bar, we are all here to work. We have all worked very hard to get here, we all want to be taken seriously and to make our voices heard. That's the good thing about it, there's just that unified feeling of "Let's get to work, roll up our sleeves." There is also a shortcut. No one is going to "wait, explain that to me" So women do not always think about shopping, maternity or looking for a partner? " Even the most pbadionate, caring and kind creators and content producers will be, "Explain me one more time?" It's just like you guys only stronger. It's exactly the same thing that interests you, but we're more stressed about it. Having this stenography simply made things easier as a task as difficult and as crazy as this show. I think that there was a Meme it Well, actually voice in the middle of this crowd would have been almost too much to bear. It was already like "oh my god we have to keep track of all these loops, we have to reach this landing, Natasha goes from director to writer or writer to actor." Do not have to explain then also your psychology or your desires at that time is pretty fantastic.

Sarachan: It was refreshing to see a female personality not obsessed with finding the ideal type, but instead exploring the real obstacles of her life that make her crazy about her commitment. In Sleep with other peopleyou have also created characters dealing with the real world and not cookie-cutter problems. Is it something that you often want to explore in your work?

Promontory: Yes, I read recently, and you will have to look for who said that because I will not take credit, but the quote was "Laughter is the highest form of prayer." In a way, if I can create a situation and comic places, movies and stories that make the connection between what is really funny about being a woman and what is really heartbreaking and frustrating, I've somehow done my job. It's a daunting challenge, but that's why I think I've had the chance to collaborate with people like Amy (Poehler), Natasha (Lyonne), Adam McKay and Will Ferrell in my films. I was able to work with people sharing the same kind of mentality. & nbsp; Almost all my pieces are, whether it's a play or Russian dollI am attracted to these stories of people imprisoned on their own. They try to find a way to get out of it, but they do not know how, and they may never be able to get out of it mentally, but they usually pull it physically. Making a joke about it is kind of my way of making a change, starting a conversation or getting people angry. It's also a way of promulgating change. Even though people think it's too naughty or something, even if it brings people to talk about something and makes them go out of their day-to-day life, that's what I've the usual to see in a romantic comedy, a female character or a Netflix show. There are some very recent words from Cardi B, I'm a little paraphrasing, "I feel we have to act." I do not know what kind of action, because it's not what I do but what I do, is write stories and help female voices sell their own stories.

Sarachan: I felt that Nadia's story might have autobiographical moments in Natasha's life. How did you proceed to create this script?

Promontory: I totally see why people would think that. Her experience has been so public because she is famous and has been working for so long. I must say that it's funny, I told him late in the process. I think we watched the footage from the end and I said, "At first I really thought it was your story, not as a person, but as an artist, Natasha, but I really feel like it's my story. " I tell so much with Nadia. I really feel as if a lot of the revelations that she has in the first season scenario are exactly what I felt in my late twenties and early thirties. I did not understand why I did not stop repeating the same behavior and expect different results. I did not understand why I chose a different path but that I found myself in destruction, not in creation.

Yes, there are things that are drawn from autobiographical experiences, but honestly, when we sat and watched the whole season, because it is Netflix and we wanted to make sure that it looked like a Satisfactory frenzy, I was sitting there, in tears. I was like "I can not believe it's me, it's exactly what I feel in life." I think the common denominator is me and I have to go back and rework this coding that was defined a long time ago.If you use the badogy of the russian doll, I have to go back to that tiny doll that is inside of me and correct the code there. have to say, "I'm sorry I did not like you like you should have been." I'm sorry I did not provide for your needs and locked you in my life. I'm sorry I did not respond to your instincts and needs and follow these other things that I think would make me happy and successful, and that I thought would make it a success. " these things we're talking about, when do you see any female characters or intrigues like this? I do not mean that these other scenarios are not worthwhile. It's just that you do that often? Of course, you will rely on your autobiographical experience to tell a thing that is so vulnerable and that relates to vulnerability. & nbsp; I've learned to trust that. Probably when you've interviewed me the last time that I was thinking "do not show weakness, you're a filmmaker." Now I realize that I'm a big softie.I just want what everyone wants, namely peace and the absence of suffering for me and my loved ones, which I know inevitably, this is part of the life course.

Sarachan: Russian doll takes place at a party again and again. What was the most nightmarish party you attended?

Promontory: You know that what comes to mind is that I remember that in my early twenties, you remember at age 20 when everyone should go out and share a dinner and it was before Venmo? Then we would all go to the bar or club, God forbid. It was at the time we were traveling in packs. I just remember one of those nights, it was someone's birthday party and they were in Atlantic City and I just remembered that somebody Had vomited at Caesar's Palace and that I was like smoking in a place where I could not smoke. I lost so much that I ended up on the beach screaming "I have to leave this island!" Everyone was trying to get me back in the car. It was just this craze of me and my pack of wolves howling at the moon. You can imagine, it is there that so many bachelorette came from. Just like what's wrong with us? What are we pursuing? Are we all so miserable that we all have to wake up at a bus stop in Atlantic City? I was literally woken up by the cops saying, "you can not sleep here." I was like where did my hedonism lead me? In the first episodes of Russian dollI think you can see the darker side of that "need to celebrate." Birthdays are really just the death knell, right? I think this is a little captured in the movie. We were all just maniacs.

Sarachan: I know you made your debut at the theater. Can we expect you to return on stage so soon? Have you missed this process or do you prefer writing and directing for film and television?

Promontory: Yes, you can expect me to do it. I am not sure to have the right to talk about it, to be honest. I do not think it has been announced at the moment, so I will not go into details, but I will say that I wrote a play, I did it with IAMA Theater Company who is the company that produced me at the beginning of my career. They produced a production, it's called & nbsp;Worship of Love. We are currently seeking to transfer it to another theater, in Los Angelos or New York, but it is a family play that takes place at Christmas. It's really one of my favorite things that I've written. I worked on it while I was working Russian doll. IAMA did several workshops and readings. They were very patient with me while I worked on both projects simultaneously. I saw Greta Lee, an actress who is in Russian doll and who read it last fall and who looked like "did you write that while you were shooting our show?" When I said "Yes." She gently touched my shoulder and said, "You have to slow down." She was not wrong. It's a very unique play that I really enjoyed doing and making the first production. It's really my heart in a way that my other job has been. I've always been a little suspicious about my job, a little suspicious in the way I developed it while giving it birth. I think I am lucky to have the career that I have had. I have always been a little restrained to the extent that my vulnerability and my true self were and that I really felt like Worship of love, which is very autobiographical, it is very much due to the way I was raised, to the deep love and the complicated relationship that I have with my close family. It's a piece I'm so proud of. I can not wait to share it with the world. I like to work in this medium. I love my collaborators in this environment, Iamba being one of them. There will be more information about this soon but I am excited about it!

Sarachan: What were some of the first influences for Russian doll?

Tip: & nbsp;At first we talked about Long adieu and The great Lebowski. & nbsp;It's funny because with the trailer and the first three episodes, in particular, you get a little marmot day feeling of the show. I see that it looks more like the container in which the series is located if it makes sense? I think of it more as a metaphysical black, existential. Natasha would be referring And all that many, like the feeling of living this routine without thinking, then realizing how much it weighs on me and my work. Ladies and Gentiles The fabulous spots was one hundred percent our color palette. Because we were doing night shots, my DP Chris Teague and I talked about using lighting because comedy is traditionally a high intensity lighting, we do not see a lot of comedies that take place at night and when we see them, they are a little abnormally lit. There has been a lot of discussion about how to illuminate the scenes creatively and dynamically, but also to give an idea of ​​the comic aesthetic, so that we can dive into more serious or violent things. then that the public come back as soon as possible. So, a nice palette of bold colors, a lot of smoke with Nadia being a smoker, as well as the smoke that we created to give the impression that the construction was going on. All of these things were put in place to create a New York City that felt a little wrong. Just a little bit of magic realism. If you were New Yorkers, you would appreciate our locations because you know exactly where they were. It's also the other thing, we're talking about a team of female directors and writers, but many men have worked on this series in such extraordinary roles as Chris Teague and Michael Bricker, who have built this set, this extraordinary apartment that was partying. is at. Once we talked about things that disappeared at each loop Nadia went through, he had lists of things that would disappear. So much thought went into that. Jennifer Rogien, our brilliant costume designer, must also be mentioned. Numerous male counterparts helped us on our trip and we worked very closely with incredible male counterparts.

Russian& nbsp;Doll& nbsp; will be launched worldwide on February 1st on Netflix.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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Netflix has been posting so much content lately that you can easily feel overwhelmed with options. With so many choices and so little time, can I direct you to Leslye Headland Russian doll, coming to Netflix on Friday, February 1st. The show features Natasha Lyonne, who is also a producer and co-creator. Lyonne embodies our heroine Nadia, a born and hip hip New Yorker, whose 36th birthday is short lived when she continues to die as horribly as possible, and that she is the only one of her kind. she must then repeat the day until she can find it again. own resolution to the problem of time. It's a nightmarish situation that makes Netflix an incredibly useful frenzy. Russian doll seems to define a genre, but I believe that Leslye Headland, co-creator, director and screenwriter of the series best expressed it by describing it as a "mystery show". It's a bit black, sometimes supernatural, with moments so comical and relatable that quickly turn into morbid and dark territory. It's an experience you might want to do twice to not miss anything fascinating details, because there are mysteries to solve and shades to grasp at every turn and in every relationship between Nadia, his ex-boyfriend. , friends and some surprise guests. The title of the show refers to the Russian nesting dolls and serves as a metaphor for what Nadia needs to peel to try to reprogram the loop and tell her story.

Headland has made a name for itself as a hilarious and provocative voice, starting by writing multi-dimensional female characters in very successful theatrical productions. Assistance (2012) and bachelorette (2010), the last of which was transformed into a film starring Isla Fisher and Kristen Dunst. I interviewed her at Sundance for her 2015 for her movie Sleep with other people starring Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis, a film that explores the concept of platonic love, which Headland rightly describes as "Like".When Harry meets Sally"But for the badholes." The common thread in Headland's work seems to be the fact that she's not afraid to create characters that are not always friendly. Sometimes it means women who are commitment-phobic. Sometimes that means women whose main problem in life is not finding the right guy but in a more real way finding his vulnerability and truth while navigating in romantic relationships.

I've spoken with Headland about creating Russian doll, which was produced, written and directed by a team entirely composed of women who write and direct (Amy Poehler was a producer). We also discussed what drives her to create and how this new thought-provoking series is autobiographical. Theater lovers will also be delighted to learn that Headland has a play that comes out this year with the IAMA Theater Company.

Risa Sarachan: The writing, production and production team of Russian doll was entirely feminine, did it create a work environment very different from the one you are used to? Is this a way to work again in future projects?

Leslye Headland: I would say that making a movie is stressful no matter what. You know, it's an experience of very high intensity. Even if everything is set up to succeed, it will remain incredibly stressful. It's like you're working at an independent level like me, we never have money and time, but I also have friends who make Marvel movies, and they're also like "there is no time." So it's always when you create something creative and you try to balance personalities in a given amount of time and high intensity things like stunts and a mystery show like Russian dollit'll be stressful whatever happens. Honestly, we were working with a team made up entirely of women, which meant it was not planned. Then, while that was going on, we thought, "Oh, I guess it will be all women." I would say that what is great about this is that because we all had to work a little harder to get over the bar, we are all here to work. We have all worked very hard to get here, we all want to be taken seriously and to make our voices heard. That's the good thing about it, there's just that unified feeling of "let's go to work, roll up our sleeves." There is also a shortcut. Nobody says "wait, explain me?" So women do not always think about shopping, maternity or looking for a partner? Even the most pbadionate, caring and kind creators and content producers will say, "Explain me again?" It's just like you guys only stronger. It's exactly the same thing that interests you, but we're more stressed about it. Having this stenography simply made things easier as a task as difficult and as crazy as this show. I think that there was a Meme it Well, actually voice in the middle of this crowd would have been almost too much to bear. It was already like "oh my god we have to keep track of all these loops, we have to reach this landing, Natasha goes from director or screenwriter to producer to actor." Do not have to explain then also your psychology or your desires at that time is pretty fantastic.

Sarachan: It was refreshing to see a female personality not obsessed with finding the ideal type, but instead exploring the real obstacles of her life that make her crazy about her commitment. In Sleep with other peopleyou have also created characters dealing with the real world and not cookie-cutter problems. Is it something that you often want to explore in your work?

Promontory: Yes, I've read recently, and you'll have to look for who said that because I'm not going to take credit for it, but the quote was "Laughter is the highest form of prayer." In a way, if I can create a situation and comic places, movies and stories that make the connection between what is really funny about being a woman and what is really heartbreaking and frustrating, I've somehow done my job. It's a daunting challenge, but that's why I think I've had the chance to collaborate with people like Amy (Poehler), Natasha (Lyonne), Adam McKay and Will Ferrell in my films. I was able to work with people sharing the same kind of mentality. Almost all my pieces are, whether it's a play or Russian dollI am attracted to these stories of people imprisoned on their own. They try to find a way to get out of it, but they do not know how, and they may never be able to get out of it mentally, but they usually pull it physically. Making a joke about it is kind of my way of making a change, starting a conversation or getting people angry. It's also a way of promulgating change. Even though people think it's too naughty or something, even if it brings people to talk about something and makes them go out of their day-to-day life, that's what I've the usual to see in a romantic comedy, a female character or a Netflix show. There are some very recent words from Cardi B, I'm a little paraphrasing: "I feel we have to act." I do not know what kind of action, because it's not what I do but what I do, is write stories and help female voices sell their own stories.

Sarachan: I felt that Nadia's story might have autobiographical moments in Natasha's life. How did you proceed to create this script?

Promontory: I totally see why people would think that. Her experience has been so public because she is famous and has been working for so long. I must say it's funny, I told him late in the process. I think we watched the footage from the end and I said, "At first I really thought about your story as a story, not as a person, but as an artist Natasha, but I really feel like it's my story. "I tell so much about Nadia, I really feel as if a lot of the revelations that she has in the first season scenario are exactly what I felt in her late twenties and early thirties. I did not understand why I did not stop repeating the same behavior and expect different results I did not understand why I chose a different path but that I found myself in the destruction, not in the creation .

Yes, there are things that are drawn from autobiographical experiences, but honestly, when we sat and watched the whole season, because it is Netflix and we wanted to make sure that it looked like a Satisfactory frenzy, I was sitting there, in tears. I thought, "I can not believe it's me, that's exactly how I feel in life, I feel that the common denominator is me and I have to go back and rework that coding that's been defined a long time ago.If you use the badogy of the russian doll, I have to go back to that little doll that is inside of me and correct the code.I must say, "I'm sorry for not not being loved the way you should have been loved I'm sorry I did not provide for your needs and I locked you in my life. I'm sorry I did not respond to your instincts and needs and follow these other things that I thought would make me happy and that I thought I could be successful. "We are talking about when do you see female characters or female intrigues like this?" I do not mean that these other intrigues are not valid, it's just that you do it often. from your autobiographical experience to talk about something so vulnerable and vulnerable, I've learned to trust it.Most likely when you've interviewed me the last time I thought "do not show the faiblesse, tu es "Je réalise maintenant que je suis un grand softie. Je veux juste ce que tout le monde veut, à savoir la paix et l&#39;absence de souffrance pour moi-même et mes proches, ce que je sais inévitable , cela fait partie du chemin de la vie."

Sarachan: Russian doll a lieu à une fête encore et encore. Quelle a été la fête la plus cauchemardesque à laquelle vous avez badisté?

Promontoire: Vous savez que ce qui me vient à l&#39;esprit, c&#39;est que je me souviens qu&#39;au début de ma vingtaine, vous vous rappelez à 20 ans où tout le monde devrait sortir et partager un dîner et c&#39;était avant Venmo? Ensuite, nous irions tous au bar ou au club, Dieu nous en préserve. C&#39;était à l&#39;époque où nous voyagions en meute. Je me souviens juste de l&#39;une de ces nuits, c&#39;était la fête d&#39;anniversaire de quelqu&#39;un et ils étaient à Atlantic City et je viens de me rappeler que quelqu&#39;un avait vomi au Caesar&#39;s Palace et que j&#39;étais comme fumer dans un endroit où je ne pouvais pas fumer. Je me suis tellement perdu que je me suis retrouvé sur la plage en criant: "Je dois quitter cette île!" Tout le monde essayait de me ramener dans la voiture. C&#39;était juste cette manie de moi et mon paquet de loups hurlant à la lune. Vous pouvez imaginer, c&#39;est là que tant de bachelorette est venu de. Juste comme ce qui ne va pas avec nous? Que poursuivons-nous? Sommes-nous tous si misérables que nous devons tous nous réveiller à un arrêt de bus à Atlantic City? Les flics m&#39;ont littéralement réveillé en me disant: "Tu ne peux pas dormir ici." J&#39;étais comme où mon hédonisme m&#39;a conduit? Dans les premiers épisodes de Russian dollJe pense que vous pouvez voir le côté sombre de ce "besoin de célébrer". Les anniversaires sont vraiment juste le glas, non? Je pense que cela est un peu capturé dans le film. Nous étions tous juste des maniaques.

Sarachan: Je sais que vous avez fait vos débuts au théâtre. Pouvons-nous nous attendre à ce que vous reveniez sur scène de si tôt? Avez-vous manqué ce processus ou préférez-vous écrire et réaliser pour le cinéma et la télévision?

Promontoire: Oui, vous pouvez vous attendre à ce que je le fbade. Je ne suis pas sûr d&#39;avoir le droit d&#39;en parler, pour être honnête. Je ne pense pas que cela ait été annoncé pour le moment, donc je n’entrerai pas dans les détails, mais je dirai que j’ai écrit une pièce de théâtre, je l’ai fait avec IAMA Theatre Company, la compagnie qui m’a produite au début de ma carrière. Ils en ont produit une production, ça s&#39;appelle Culte d&#39;Amour. Nous cherchons actuellement à le transférer dans un autre théâtre, à Los Angelos ou à New York, mais c&#39;est une pièce de théâtre familiale qui se déroule à Noël. C&#39;est vraiment l&#39;une de mes choses préférées que j&#39;ai écrites. J&#39;ai travaillé dessus pendant que je travaillais Russian doll. IAMA a fait plusieurs ateliers et lectures. Ils ont été très patients avec moi pendant que je travaillais simultanément sur les deux projets. J&#39;ai vu Greta Lee, une actrice qui est dans Russian doll et qui en a fait la lecture l’automne dernier et qui a dit: "l’avez-vous écrit pendant que vous tourniez notre émission?" Quand j&#39;ai dit "oui". Elle me toucha doucement l&#39;épaule et dit: "Tu dois ralentir." Elle n&#39;a pas eu tort. C’est une pièce de théâtre tout à fait unique que j’ai beaucoup aimé faire et faire la première production. C&#39;est vraiment mon coeur d&#39;une manière que mon autre travail a été. J&#39;ai toujours été un peu méfiant à propos de mon travail, un peu méfiant dans la façon dont je l&#39;ai développé tout en le mettant au monde. Je pense que je suis chanceux d&#39;avoir la carrière que j&#39;ai eue. Je me suis toujours retenu un peu dans la mesure où ma vulnérabilité et mon vrai moi se trouvaient et que je me sentais vraiment comme avec Culte de l&#39;amour, ce qui est très autobiographique, cela tient beaucoup à la façon dont j&#39;ai été élevé, à l&#39;amour profond et à la relation compliquée que j&#39;ai avec ma famille proche. C&#39;est un morceau dont je suis si fier. J&#39;ai hâte de le partager avec le monde. J&#39;aime travailler dans ce milieu. J&#39;aime mes collaborateurs dans ce milieu, l&#39;IAMBA étant l&#39;un d&#39;entre eux. Il y aura plus d&#39;informations à ce sujet bientôt mais je suis excité à ce sujet!

Sarachan: Quelles ont été certaines des premières influences pour Russian doll?

Promontoire: Au début, nous avons parlé de Le long adieu and Le grand Lebowski. C’est drôle parce qu’avec la bande-annonce et les trois premiers épisodes en particulier, vous obtenez un peu ça jour de la marmotte sentiment de l&#39;émission. Je vois que cela ressemble plus au conteneur dans lequel se trouve la série si cela a du sens? J&#39;y pense plus comme un noir métaphysique, existentiel. Natasha ferait référence Et tout ça beaucoup, comme le sentiment de vivre cette routine sans réfléchir, puis de réaliser à quel point cela me pèse sur moi-même et mon travail. Mesdames et gentils Les fabuleuses taches était cent pour cent notre palette de couleurs. Parce que nous faisions des tournages nocturnes, mon PDG Chris Teague et moi-même avons parlé d&#39;utiliser l&#39;éclairage, car la comédie est traditionnellement un éclairage de haut niveau, vous ne voyez pas beaucoup de comédies qui se déroulent la nuit et quand vous les écoutez, elles sont un peu anormalement éclairées. . Il y a eu beaucoup de discussions sur la manière d&#39;éclairer les scènes de manière créative et dynamique, mais aussi de donner une idée de l&#39;esthétique comique, de sorte que nous puissions plonger dans des choses plus sérieuses ou violentes, puis que le public revienne au plus vite. So, a nice bold color palette, a lot of smoke with both Nadia being a smoker as well as smoke that we made happen to make it look like construction was being done. All of these things were put into making a New York City that felt just a little bit not real. Just a little bit on the magical realism side. If you were a New Yorker, you would appreciate our shooting locations because you know exactly where they were. That&#39;s the other thing too is like we talk about an all-female directing and writing team but a lot of men worked on this show in a really amazing capacity like Chris Teague and Michael Bricker who built that entire set, that amazing apartment that the party is at. Once we talked about things disappearing for each loop that Nadia goes through, he had lists of things that would go away. So much thought went into that. Jennifer Rogien, our brilliant costume designer, should also be mentioned. There were a lot of male counterparts who aided us in our voyage and we collaborated very closely with some incredible male counterparts.

Russian Doll launches globally on Netflix on February 1.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.