'The White Lotus' and 'Insecure' actor on the real-life experiences that inspired her first show as creator and lead.
The creator-performer moves from beloved supporting roles to center stage in a deeply personal new comedy series, she had some dental work done and found herself in so much pain that she popped an Advil and crossed her fingers it would be OK. It wasn’t. Realizing that the loud, ragged breathing she was suddenly hearing was her own, she drove herself to Cedars-Sinai in a panic.
“I wanted to have the character have a near-death experience that woke her up to the fact that it's not about romantic partnership—it's about partnership with yourself,” Rothwell says. “If this is the period at the end of the sentence of my life, is it going to be a life that I feel is worth living?” In other words: “Time is precious.
It helped to have role models and resources in two of TV’s most influential creator-performers, Rae and White . “Something that is unique to both of them is that they are unapologetically themselves,” Rothwell observes. “They fiercely protect their work, and they aren’t afraid of telling unique, interesting stories, because they believe in them.”.
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