280 | Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer on Creative Partnership, Process, and Permission
Episode description
Noah Baumbach (MARRIAGE STORY, FRANCES HA) and Emily Mortimer (THE PURSUIT OF LOVE, DOLL & EM) join Lorien to talk about co-writing their new Netflix film JAY KELLY, from long conversations and false starts to discovering the emotional core of the story together.
They talk about writing without outlines, why not knowing is part of the job, how acting informs writing, and the surprising gift of having permission to be “whimsical, wrong, and brave” before locking a script into shape.
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Episode Links:
- "Jay Kelly" on Netflix
- "The Pursuit of Love" on Prime Video
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