![]() So when I was writing Deb at first, it was always Wanda in my head, and it's just completely mind-blowing to me about she read the material and was like, "Yeah, I'll do this." And now, it's not just the voice in my head, but she was the voice that everyone else hears as Deb. When you're writing - or when I'm writing, at least - it is really helpful to have an actor in mind so that their dialog feels organic and you can hear someone saying it. We really lucked out big time with who signed on for the show. Talk a little bit about casting, because of course, you came in with Sean already set as the lead, but it's a really interesting collection of actors beyond that. RELATED: 'Q-Force' Voice Cast Guide: Who Plays Who in the Netflix Animated Spy Comedy To me, it's the world that thinks that they're weird who are the butts of the joke. So I hope that it's like a celebration as opposed to that they're the butt of the joke. I wanted to show them how much I love them and what makes them different from straight people is cool to me and beautiful. And so that's why my portrayal of them is loving, even if like some of their traits are traits that a straight person would make fun of a lesbian for. Deb and Pam are based on women in my life who are my dear, dear friends. It's funny to me, but it wasn't ever meant to be like a list of stereotypes that I was checking off at all. I thought, who are people in the real world? Yeah, his name is Twink. So that's why they're not one-dimensional because I wasn't trying to make characters out of stereotypes. I see that as a type of person I know and love. So there are a lot of femme gay guys in my life who I love, who are twinks. LIEDMAN: I tried to base these characters on people who I know and who I love, who are real. In terms of developing them past the stereotype, what were you looking towards? And I think that that rounded it out.Īlong those lines, some of the characters do fall into stereotypes on the surface - like there's literally a character called Twink. And because this is a comedy and because of the animation and because it just seemed like it would be better, I just wanted to make sure everyone had the chance to fuck up, too. I think in a lot of television shows that are trying to be representative of underserved communities who haven't been on TV or had their shows yet, there's a need to make everyone super-perfect. Trying to give it heart, make them like each other, and not just be good at their jobs and also let them fuck up. And that led to some of the best stories. Just trying to shade it in a way that would make it less one-dimensional. ![]() What challenges are we actually up against in the workplace? Even though I've never worked in the intelligence community, I wanted to share some of my own experiences and also the experiences of my peers.Īlso, I wanted to make sure as much as it's a workplace comedy, that the characters felt real and had lives outside of work, so that we could see who their lovers are and who their families are. LIEDMAN: Really trying to give it heart and make the characters real people. It's this ensemble workplace comedy that is telling the larger story of the squad and the people that he's working with and the sort of power structure that you would be up against as a gay guy. And what I came back to them with was Q-Force, this ensemble version of gay James Bond that's not gay James Bond. And I just leapt at the opportunity to develop this and went away and sat on it for a while. So they shared that idea with me, "Gay James Bond." And I was really excited because I love action movies and I love James Bond and Jason Bourne and all of that whole world. And they knew that that was a part that Sean really wanted to play and a world that they really want us to develop something in.Īnd so they started meeting with writers and Sean was a fan of my stand-up, and that's how I got the opportunity to sit down with him and Todd and develop that. LIEDMAN: Sean Hayes and his producing partner, Todd Milliner, had the very beginning seed of an idea, that they were just calling quote unquote gay James Bond, that's it. How did you originally get involved with the series? ![]()
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