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Stephanie Hsu and ‘Laid’ Producers Break Down Ruby’s Shocking Decision and Why She Had to ‘Do Something Unforgivable So Early On’
Stephanie Star and her 'Laid' showrunners discuss spoilers surrounding Ruby's decisions in the show and not shying away from a messy female lead.
Co-showrunners and executive producers Nahnatchka Khan(“Fresh Off the Boat”) and Sally Bradford McKenna(“Will & Grace”) say they saw the potential to take the premise of the Australian version in different directions. Khan says she liked the idea that “this woman in the middle of it all has a love triangle brewing in the present while this past thing is happening,” while also dealing with the potential fallout that comes with betraying her female best friend. After realizing they wanted to carry over that plot point to their American adaptation, Khan explains that “our inclination was like, ‘How do we make it even messier?’ Then when Ruby has ‘Cyrano’ sex in the middle of the season, that was something where I was like, ‘I don’t know.
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