The team behind ‘Run the World,’ premiering Sunday on Starz, explains why they’re embracing comparisons with the iconic HBO series.
Anja, considering this series in particular and how intimate some of the scenes are, what was it like shooting with pandemic safety protocols? There’s a virtual orgy sequence that seems like it may have been conceived with the protocols in mind.The crazy thing is that I don’t think creatively it had any influence or any bearing on how we were approaching things aesthetically or visually at all.
A central element of “The Girlfriend Experience” is this tension between someone’s work life and their real life or their sort of outside life. Anja, you have Iris’ work for the escort service and her work for the data company, but then there is this additional layer of online life as well. Did setting the story in the tech world and grappling with artificial intelligence allow you to explore this virtual world?: Absolutely.
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