The lead actor, Jane Levy, opens up to Glamour about what viewers can expect.
Jane Levy and Mary Steenburgen inLevy and Astin are just the tip of the stacked human pyramid that is theplays her boss. “We all hate each other and we’re all extremely competitive,” Levy says, jokingly, before admitting, “Lauren is like my guardian angel. Every day is so, so fun.” The cast works 15 hours a day but still finds time for karaoke, where Levy's happy to hand over the spotlight. “I definitely do not sing, because I would never go before or after any of them,” she says.
I feel I can say confidently that we would all very much like to see Skylar Astin, Lauren Graham, and the rest of this cast tap dancing. But there may never be jazz hands or 5-6-7-8s onThe musical numbers take place inside Zoey’s head, and the rest of the show is naturalistic. We meet awkward tech workers, lonely baristas, and families who are in mourning. Zoey’s big tech world is glossy, sure, but its inhabitants are isolated.
“I definitely have been treated in ways that I don’t think that men in my position would be treated,” she says. “I have been paid considerably less than my male costars, even on a movie in which I was supposed to be the lead. I actually ended up dropping out of it because I found out my costar, who was male, was being paid more than five times as much as me and they would not negotiate a higher rate for me.
Levy adds, “Some of my greatest confidantes in my life have been women.” With this, I’m reminded of something Levy recently posted to her Instagram: ain which Judy Parfitt tells Kathy Bates, “Sometimes you have to be a high-riding bitch to survive.” I ask Levy about it, and she laughs. “I love women and I hope for a society and greater world to be more equal between the genders,” she says. “I’m all for equality, baby.”Jenny Singer is a staff writer for
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