“We trusted the authenticity of the characters, even though the circumstances are ridiculous.” And so I think we found ourselves at the hands of a captain who is very confident and incredibly incredibly passionate about this story,” she adds. “We both surrendered to Abe and it was his story. It’s how the light gets in.” Fisher says she felt like the show was a risk and she loved the challenge: “As with all risks, if they pay off, then it’s worthwhile.”įisher says they trusted Forsythe and the characters.
One lovely line of dialogue was given to Fisher, who tells her possible lover: “Messy is good. “This felt like one of those opportunities to sort of break the mold that audiences in terms of perception have of myself and Isla.”įorsythe, who is a 40-year-old single parent, drew on his own life for the script, confronting his emotional baggage and exploring the pressures of trying to reassure his child that nothing is perfect and nothing is permanent. “I knew that I had a scene partner who was going to take this leap with me,” says Gad. “This is not the usual way that I’ve seen them, which is what I’m asking the audience to do with the characters.”įisher and Gad had never worked together before but were friends and were ready for a little subversive fun. “Casting Josh and Isla was a big step in ultimately articulating one of the main themes of this show, which is don’t judge a book by its cover,” says Forsythe. He’s most known as the cuddly snowman in “Frozen,” while she famously played a comically unhinged love interest in “Wedding Crashers.”
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“Abe is such a brilliant caretaker when it comes to challenging his artists to tackle different tones and different genres and do that juggling act that feels so foreign and strange and impossible.”Īudiences are in for quite a ride right from the beginning, signaled by the series being set in the unexpected Australian suburbs and with the casting of Gad and Fisher. “I was drawn to telling a timeless story in such a unique way,” says Gad. Like that film, “Wolf Like Me” mixes genres - this time romantic comedy and horror - to push into the absurd and come back with something sweet and dramatic.
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“Wolf Like Me” was created, written and directed by Abe Forsythe, who previously wrote and directed the sci-fi horror comedy movie “Little Monsters,” starring Lupita Nyong’o and Gad.
And then once you’re in it, it’s too late.” And you don’t know what you’re getting until you’re in it.
“I think that however you slice it, we all have secrets.