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‘Dying for Sex’s’ Jenny Slate on the Email She Sent Nikki Boyer As She Prepared to Play Her, and How They’ve Become Best Friends in Real Life

"Dying for Sex's" Jenny Slate on the email she sent Nikki Boyer as she prepared to play her.

That project was FX’s “ Dying for Sex.” The limited series is based on the true story of Molly Kochan, a young woman who is diagnosed with stage IV cancer. On working with co-creators, executive producers and writers Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock, Boyerwanted to make sure that no matter what changes were being made, she stressed creative liberties were important, but “it just always goes back to Molly.” She adds, “I always felt like the heart of it was right there, and it was the two of us, and I always could see us and feel us in every scene. With the show not shooting in chronolgocal order, Slate delved further into her process and how it raised her awareness of the greater story and where she needed to be at each moment, rather than build up to something.. “I really had to be prepared, like, where are we in Molly’s health?

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