00:00I was making Morgan Freeman dance.
00:02Oh, yes, yes, that's awesome, that's awesome.
00:23In this TV show, I think that the main theme is what makes us human.
00:29So did you answer that question?
00:32Did you find what makes us human?
00:35What a great question.
00:36I think so.
00:38I mean, you know, my job is really to pose the question.
00:42And I think for each person to come away with a different answer to what makes us human,
00:47what makes us connected.
00:49I certainly have those answers for me.
00:51What I think makes me a better human being and how I love to feel connected to people
00:58I love or to people I don't even know.
01:00But the show really is a question and I think an investigation.
01:04After Hunters, now this one, I think that you are a little bit obsessed with people that
01:11have secrets.
01:13Do you think that having secrets makes us more interesting or more dangerous?
01:18Absolutely.
01:18I mean, I think all of us have secrets, right?
01:21And I love exploring characters with alter egos, with dual identities, with hidden fears,
01:27desires, dreams, past actions that can come to light.
01:31You know, I think oddly, the thing that I love exploring in all my work is who are we
01:37when no one's watching?
01:39And I think, you know, for this piece in particular, it's often about people who feel overlooked
01:45at times, people who feel unseen.
01:47I think a lot of these characters exist in society but aren't always given their due or
01:52a voice.
01:53And what I love about solos, especially because we get to spend 20 to 30 minutes with each of
01:58these characters, we really get to uncover who they are, what their inner dreams and desires
02:03are.
02:03Because every person you see on the street, you know, has dreams and desires.
02:07We just don't often take the time to speak to them, to come to know them.
02:11And solos is kind of that opportunity to do so.
02:14You really care about words because you often portray people who talk a lot but they don't
02:25really listen to each other.
02:27So in your opinion, why we feel the need to talk so much but we don't really listen to
02:33each other?
02:34Yeah, you know, it's so funny because I love words.
02:36But I also love silences.
02:38And I think, you know, each piece I write at times can feel like a symphony, you know,
02:43and different instruments are playing at all different times.
02:46To me, you learn so much about what is left unsaid.
02:49And so even though someone can speak so much, it's really about what are they saying underneath?
02:53What are they trying to say?
02:55Or what are they leaving out?
02:56For me, it's always so interesting to know what they're leaving out.
03:00But a character like Peg, for example, you know, Helen Mirren's character, I don't think
03:05she is a character who often speaks to people.
03:08I don't think she tells people her secrets or fears or dreams or desires.
03:13And so I love the experience of hearing her tell this really robust story about her life.
03:20That was such a thrill for me.
03:21You love working with great actors and you give them big scenes.
03:26You make them cry, scream.
03:29Why do you love making these big, big scenes, big dramatic scenes?
03:34Oh, my gosh.
03:36I love that.
03:37I feel so badly now.
03:39I'm putting actors through the ringer.
03:41You know, look, I think that I just love great drama.
03:45You know, I think, but I think great drama comes from quiet scenes just as much as it
03:51comes from great, you know, speeches and verbosity.
03:54And so I love kind of dialing both in.
03:57You know, I think Morgan Freeman's episode, he's so dynamic and he's so big and he has this
04:03great long recollections of memories.
04:05And then an episode like Anthony Mackie's, there are those great moments of expression and
04:11screaming.
04:11But then there are these great kind of quiet moments of the tears streaming.
04:16So I love playing every instrument as a writer.
04:19You know, it's like I have emotions in front of me and I love to kind of conjure them and
04:24pull them out.
04:24So I love going for it.
04:27I really do.
04:28I was making Morgan Freeman dance.
04:31Oh, yes.
04:31Yes.
04:32That's awesome.
04:32Awesome.
04:33You also directed.
04:35Yeah, it was such a difference, you know, and I was lucky enough to direct three of these
04:39these episodes and it was such a learning experience for me because I'm a writer first
04:44than a showrunner.
04:45But I learned so much about writing as a director.
04:49I learned how to be less precious with words.
04:51I learned about what, you know, how to support actors and how to really be in collaboration
04:57with them to make sure that each scene feels incredibly real.
05:01It was such a I feel so lucky that I got to work with Anthony and Constance and Uzo, who
05:06are such brilliant collaborators and who are so generous, knowing that this was my first
05:11rodeo directing.
05:13But but man, it was a really exhilarating experience.
05:16You you also explore different genre in this TV show.
05:21First question, what's your favorite genre and why do you love so much making stories
05:27that are set in different times, in different space?
05:32Why do you love explore genre so much?
05:34You know, I love genre.
05:36I don't know that I have a favorite one, but I just love genre work.
05:39And I think that for me, life is is is a series of genres and tones.
05:44Right.
05:44We have days that are feel like horror films.
05:47We have days that feel like epic romances.
05:49We have days that feel like science fiction, like what is going on in the world?
05:52And so part of my desire for each of these episodes to carry a bit of a different genre
05:57with them is that I really wanted to feel like a total encapsulation of society and of
06:03our life today.
06:04I have to ask because I'm waiting for it.
06:07What can we expect from Hunter season two?
06:11I read that you you have five seasons planned, but what can we expect from season two?
06:18You can expect the unexpected.
06:19You know, I think that this season of Hunters, we get so much deeper with with our characters.
06:24There are so many great twists and turns and people you thought were heroes are suddenly
06:29villains and vice versa.
06:30And so there's going to be a lot of role reversals, a lot of rug pulls, you know, like the
06:35pulling
06:35the rug out from under you.
06:37But it's going to be quite a ride.
06:39OK, thank you so much.
06:41Bye.
06:42Bye, Valentina.
06:43And thank you.
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