Skip to main content

Michaela Coel Shares Her Real-Life Experiences That Inspired I May Destroy You

Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You is the breakout feminist series of 2020. Following the success of comedy-dramas like Issa Rae's Insecure and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, Coel had a chat with Jimmy Fallon on how her real-life experiences put I May Destroy You in a league of its own.

Streaming safely from her East London flat, Coel joined The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to share her unique mechanisms for calming anxiety in lockdown and the poignant personal stories that inspired the pairing of comedy and tragedy in I May Destroy You. "My brother came to stay with me, and I asked him, do you want to dance in the park?" she says. "He's got his own headphones in, I've got mine, and we go to the park, and we start dancing. Every now and again, even though we're listening to separate music, the beat falls into the same time, and we start doing the same movement," she says excitedly.

Michaela's natural storytelling on Fallon mirrors the formula of her work for I May Destroy You. Soon after sharing that she's been dancing to cope with anxiety, she delves deeper into how her new series destigmatises the sensitive topic of rape by pairing it with humour. Michaela explained to Fallon that this genre pairing is naturally inspired by her own life. She shares an anecdote from when she "was in the police investigation room getting ready to give my first witness statement, and I sat there sort of realising that the course of my life was forever going to change. I was sort of realising that something bad had happened, and my friend was taking care of me, and as I looked to him, I noticed he was playing Pokémon Go on his phone. It was kind of like. . . Where am I? What is everything? What a circus. What's going on? It's rape and Pokémon Go and I don't know what to do with those two things. But, here they are, in one room."

Above, watch Michaela Coel's full story on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.



from POPSUGAR Celebrity https://ift.tt/39nM4cq
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Michael Urie Is in His Dreamy Era

“It’s been a dreamy couple of years,” says Michael Urie on a Friday afternoon phone call, just hours before a performance of his latest Broadway show “Once Upon a Mattress” at the Hudson Theatre. These dreamy years have also been busy ones for the star, who rose to fame for his role as Marc St. James on the sitcom “Ugly Betty.” Now, Urie stars in the hit Apple TV dramedy “Shrinking” alongside Harrison Ford and Jason Segel — season two premieres Oct. 16. He has also taken the stage by storm over the past couple of years, starring in Broadway’s revival of “Spamalot” and now the revival of “Once Upon a Mattress,” which also had a stint at New York City Center in the winter. While both shows feature Urie in showstopping musical numbers, he never considered himself to be “very musical.”  Michael Urie in “Once Upon a Mattress.” “Doing a musical at all, it’s still a pinch me thing,” he says. “I fell in love with theater because of musicals…[but singing] didn’t come naturally to me.” ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Louise Redknapp wows fans with seductive lingerie snap

Louise Redknapp has wowed fans on social media. Credit: Getty The singer and songwriter has left fans gobsmacked with a gorgeous new snap that she posted to her social media. Taking to her Instagram account, Louise shared a striking photo with her nearly 700,000 followers that shows her modelling a set of barely there lingerie. Wearing a nudey peach lacy bra with a see-through mesh pair of matching briefs, the former Eternal singer lay on a hotel-style bed giving a sultry look to the camera. View this post on Instagram Saturday night out… just kidding I’m in my PJs 🤍 A post shared by Louise Redknapp (@louiseredknapp) on Nov 9, 2019 at 11:42am PST With muted smokey eye makeup and a subtle glow on her cheeks, the mum-of-two cut a seductive figure with her sultry getup. Joking in her caption that she was enjoying a night out earlier on in the weekend, the mum-of-two, who used to be married to former England footballer Jamie Redkn...
Post a Comment
Read more

Olivia Attwood admits she did Love Island for fame as her name is thrown into the mix to replace Caroline Flack

She was with Chris Hughes for seven months after finding love on the show, but Olivia Attwood has revealed it wasn't love she was looking for on Love Island. The reality TV star – who has since appeared on TOWIE and Celebs Go Dating – has been the first to admit on Instagram that she went into the villa to get famous. Replying to a fan who suggested she went on the show for fame, Olivia candidly replied, “No s**t sherlock”. The revelation comes just days after her name was thrown into the mix to replace Caroline Flack on Love Island’s spin-off show, After Sun, following the news that Caroline was stepping down from series 6. READ MORE CELEBRITY NEWS An insider told Mail Online, “Olivia starred on Love Island in 2017 – she knows exactly what the Islanders will be going through. “Olivia has really proven herself as a TV star. Since making a name for herself she’s worked on a number of shows including Crackin’ On, Celebs Go Dating and TOWIE, as well as appearing as a guest ...
Post a Comment
Read more