'Magical' ending for 'Better Things' fifth and final season
28.02.2022 - 21:49
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NEW YORK -- “Better Things” showrunner Pamela Adlon always has a specific vision and message in her work. So when it came to filming the comedy's fifth season there were certain non-negotiables, and one was that Celia Imrie — who plays Adlon’s cheeky mother, Phil — had to be a part of it.But Imrie was stuck in England and couldn’t travel for medical reasons, so Adlon brought the show to her.“I needed Phil in because it’s the final season and it was a Rubik’s Cube of how do I do this?” Adlon said in a recent interview.
“Then I thought, OK, I’m just going to write these scenes and we’re always going to be in the dining room at Phil’s house.”So in the middle of the pandemic — taking safety precautions — Adlon moved the cast and crew to England and recreated one room of the LA-based set for several scenes. Imrie says she was “humbled” by the efforts.“It was overwhelming and quite magical, really,” Imrie said.
“It was an enormous challenge, a huge amount of work… But I’m so completely overcome with admiration for Pamela, and also joy that she wanted me to be in it and didn’t do the end without me, which would have broken my heart.”Adlon acts, co-writes, and directs all 10 episodes of the last season, which start airing on FX and Hulu this week.“Better Things” is known for finding poignancy in life’s mundane moments, and shining a light on minor characters, and its last episodes provide growth and resolution for many. The show offers a menagerie of people in protagonist Sam Fox’s world, of varying ages, genders and races.“Everybody has a story, you know, and that’s my favorite thing,” Adlon said.Fox is based on Adlon’s life — she’s a divorced single mom with a British mother and three precocious daughters — but many characters
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