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‘The Girls On The Bus’ Team Amy Chozick and Julie Plec On Creating Female Agency And The Complexity Of Mapping Out A Fun, Balanced Political Landscape

EPs Amy Chozick and Julie Plec talk to Deadline about what went into creating the HBO series 'The Girls on the Bus'

Here, Chozick and Julie Plec, who serve as the co-creators and executive producers, speak to Deadline about reliving a fictional version of the 2016 election, finding their leading ladies, the importance of journalistic integrity and the fun challenges of creating the series. JULIE PLEC: Which was hard because the world that we live in is so specific that even giving life to and dreaming up a character like Kimberlyn, for example, who is a very savvy, very smart, very compassionate, very centered, very intelligent Black conservative. So, she was fascinating, and I just really appreciated how Christina dug into her and brought a lot of empathy to a character that some people could easily dismiss as the right-wing Fox News girl.

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