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‘Government Cheese’ Creator Paul Hunter Talks Familial Bonds And Season Finale
Director Paul Hunter talks about his ten episode series Government Cheese on Apple TV+
Co-created by Paul Hunter —who also serves as co-showrunner, executive producer, writer and director—the surrealist dramedy set in 1960s San Fernando Valley tells the story of the Chambers family, an eclectic bunch of individuals with their own awe-inspiring passions and desires. The striving family is soon plagued with drama and hijinks upon the return of Hampton ( David Oyelowo), the husband of Astoria ( Simone Missick) and father of their two children, Harrison (Jahi Di’Allo Watson) and Einstein (Evan Ellison), after he is released from prison. For Hampton’s character, I thought of him as Jonah in the belly of the whale, and then he comes out, and he’s got this job to do that he’s challenged with: do I go to Nineveh and deliver a message, or do I go the easy way?
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