Blindspotting creators Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal joined writers Priscila García-Jacquier, Alanna Brown, Nijla Mumin and actor Benjamin Earl Turner on Saturday to talk about the unique challenge…
joined writers Priscila García-Jacquier, Alanna Brown, Nijla Mumin and actor Benjamin Earl Turner on Saturday to talk about the unique challenges adapting a film for television.
The series centers on Ashley , who was nipping at the heels of a middle-class life in Oakland until Miles, her partner of 12 years and father of their son, is suddenly incarcerated, leaving her to navigate a chaotic and humorous existential crisis when she’s forced to move in with Miles’ mother and half-sister.
“We said, you’re probably going to say no to this, but, it’s not about us if we’re going to do that. It’s about Ashley. We had a bunch of other ideas set on a block. We pitched a bunch of ludicrous ideas that we assumed they would say no to, and we could go on about our lives. Then they said yes. We were shocked but also it had gotten exciting. We were actually excited to make this thing,” Diggs said.
“We didn’t know s**t about character, really writing too far outside yourself. You kind of start it yourself and then gain the skills to embody other characters. I think by the time we were bringing in these four lovely humans, we knew kind of where we wanted things to go. We had some episode ideas and what characters we would start with. And in the process of us all sitting down and talking it through, a lot of that got redirected.
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