True crime’s explosion in pop culture was a source of inspiration for showrunner and creator Craig Rosenberg. “I wanted to write something within that world—how can I really explore some of the more absurd places that this obsession takes people?”
years ago, inspired by true crime’s explosion in pop culture. “There’s been podcasts and docudramas and documentaries, murderers becoming celebrities, and celebrities becoming murderers,” he says. “I wanted to write something within that world—how can I really explore some of the more absurd places that this obsession takes people?” After bumping into his old friendBateman’s producing partner under their Aggregate Films banner, Rosenberg pitched the Emmy-winningalum directly.
The tone evolved further with casting; at one point during production, Rosenberg told Cuoco he was surprised by just how funny the takes kept turning out. “They really let me be me,” Cuoco says. “They let me do my Kaley thing.” This is her first series sincewhich earned her Emmy nominations for both producing and acting, and it felt like a natural extension of that work. “I told Craig, ‘I feel like we did a lot of this inand I’m very comfortable in the genre,’” she says.
Cuoco is an instinctual actor. She doesn’t care much for rehearsal or talking about the next scene; she doesn’t want to watch playback. “She just rolls into it, and she’s just as loose and free and playful,” Messina says of his costar. The two find a sweet dynamic over the course of the season, in part because Messina in no way works that way. “I have 17 acting books in my backpack and an acting coach on speed dial and am just barely getting through it,” he says.
For Messina, who delivers a nuanced turn as the relatively reluctant Nathan, this particular quality resonated most. “Being an actor, you’re always kind of aware of where you are and where you aren’t, unfortunately—if you just drive down Sunset, you’ll see billboards of stuff that you had no idea was being made,” he says. “There’s a lot of comparisons in this business, which is a little bit of a death to creativity, so I really, really enjoyed playing a guy that felt invisible.
certainly plays around with tropes of the form, before spinning them completely out of bounds. It’s another place where Cuoco felt uniquely at home. “I’m watching 50every weekend—especially when Tom’s out of town, because it’s not his thing, I’ll watch 20 in a row,” she says. “I am obsessed with true crime. You really can’t believe what people will do.” Well, maybe she’s a little closer now.
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