“The balls on these writers.”
“It was so outside the box and absurd that I knew I had to be involved.”
“We are having fun with the genre, as opposed to making fun of the genre.”
Kristen Bell’s Anna tries to unlock a mystery in ‘The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window.'.Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix
Striking that balance was imperative to the team, all true fans ofWoman in the…stories.
“We were constantly tinkering with it,” says Dorf.
“And we think we found a good tone that is not very common.”
Suspicious neighbor Neil (Tom Riley) has his eye on something… or someone.Colleen E. Hayes/Netflix
As the series’ star, Bell especially had to walk that tonal tight rope.
“This one was particularly challenging because it was, ‘Do I make a joke about this?
Or do I play it completely straight, and risk missing the joke?’
Rachel kept me on track.
“It was quite fun.”
“You’d probably tune out after a few episodes.
“Once we were really outlining, the most important thing was that the end be a genuine surprise.
That was really important to us.”
Sounds like we’d better pour ourselves a bottle of wine and get cozy.
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