We chat with HighSchool author & EP Sara Quin (of teganandsara) and star Railey Gilliland about bringing the sisters' memoir to life, casting the AmazonFreevee show, and more:
Tegan and Sara's celebrated memoir High School is making its way to the screen at Freevee. Developed by Clea DuVall and Laura Kittrell, the series explores the teenage years of Tegan and Sara as they navigate their music, high school, love, and more.
Sara Quin: That really was Tegan, she sent the manuscript to Clea before it was even out in the world, it was in its sort of final stages, and we were floating it out there to friends and people who we thought might be interested in it.
Sara Quin: I have the DM like that I sent you and I just searched it, and I wrote you, "I'm not sure if you're familiar with our band, but we're twins, and in a band, and we wrote a memoir about our years in high school, and now we're making it into a TV show. We just started looking for twins who could play us, do you think you and Seazynn would be interested in auditioning?" Then you lie, and you say, "We've heard of you.
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