‘Dollface’ Creator Jordan Weiss on Season 2, Magical Realism and Growing With Her Characters
11.02.2022 - 20:44
/ variety.com
Alyssa Mora Hulu’s “Dollface” has its Season 2 premiere on Friday, and Kat Dennings reprises her role as an ever-reluctant Jules, guided once again by the Cat Lady (a snarky cat-headed sage voiced by Beth Grant). While the first season followed Jules in her attempt to reconnect with college friends after a breakup, Season 2 takes us on the reconciled group’s sometimes-rocky-sometimes-rhapsodic ride to 30.Jules, Madison (Brenda Song), Izzy (Esther Povitski) and Stella (Shay Mitchell) navigate new jobs, new relationships and new trials in their friendship. This new stage takes them to some wild places — from tripping at a music festival to starting a bar just for women — all punctuated by the sharply observant magical realism of the show’s first season.
Series creator Jordan Weiss developed the initial idea in her early 20s, premiering the show on Hulu in 2019 at just 26. Now, Season 2 boasts an all-women director slate as well as a slew of guest stars that include Lilly Singh, Poppy Liu and more. In a conversation with Variety, Weiss reflects on growing alongside her characters, and weaving her own experiences into the fabric of its comedy.Season 1 focused on Jules re-building her close friendships. Now, she and her friends are learning to stand on their own. What informed that growth? When I look back in my early 20s, I can point to a real sense of impermanence among me and my friends.
We had each other but everything else felt temporary: bad job, bad boyfriend, bad hangover. And then I hit this point in my life, being the same age as the women in the show, closer to 30, where things are starting to feel more real. Jobs are starting to be careers, the people you’re dating are starting to be your partners.
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