Sometimes, escapist media works finest when it presents a imaginative and prescient of a world that’s considerably near the one somebody is making an attempt to run away from, however with none of the real-life stressors that make that scenario so taxing. (This author watched a lot of Veep in November 2020, for instance.) In an interview with The A.V. Club, Brandon Scott stated he hopes his Max present, The Girls On The Bus, serves an analogous objective.
Adapted from New York Times reporter Amy Chozik’s memoir Chasing Hillary, The Girls On The Bus follows 4 journalists (Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Christina Elmore, and Natasha Behnam) as they monitor every candidate in a contentious election cycle.
“There could possibly be loads of fatigue round political tales presently particularly with the brand new cycle, however I believe our present presents an awesome escape as a result of there’s loads of levity, there’s loads of humor, there’s loads of coronary heart, and there’s loads of hope in it,” Scott stated. “My hope is that folks watch it and so they have a great time, and it presents that escape, however it may be a catalyst for folk to form of be a bit extra curious down the road about among the themes explored, and perhaps spark a brand new era of journalists and other people eager about shifting into politics.”
For Scott, who performs a Democratic press secretary named Loafers (“That is his title… Loafers,” the actor quipped), even simply taking part in somebody concerned in that world impressed him to dig deeper. “I went to DC for the primary time. I’d by no means been there,” he stated of his preparation for the function, which additionally included interviewing a number of real-life press secretaries and marketing campaign managers. “Walking across the halls of The Capitol simply stuffed my soul in so some ways.”
Journalism does really feel like a great match for Scott, who’s extraordinarily curious as an actor. “I might like to do a musical, I really like the horror world, I really like rom-coms, I really like all of them,” he stated, when The A.V. Club requested what style he’d wish to discover subsequent. He additionally pitched himself for a Marvin Gaye or Sam Cooke biopic, which we’d like to see. Get writing, individuals!
The Girls On The Bus is now streaming on Max.
