Out of all the actors that got cast in the show who was closest to your vision?
Laura I think Michael. Brendan Fehr has a gruff yet funny and charming persona that our Michael had too.
Mel It’s that good-heartedness covered by a lot of testosterone.
I think that Max is quite a bit like the Max in the books.
Laura The Max and Liz relationship is pretty close.
Mel It’s definitely the heart of the book series too.
But some of the others, like Maria, are very different. She’s sort of funny in both, but in different ways. I do think the cast is amazing. Whether they’re like what I was thinking of when I was doing the books or not, in that alternate universe way, I just enjoy them both.
Kyle in the books was just awful but he’s one of my favourite characters now. He’s very funny.