I thought it was really energetic and there was a lot of energy about it. ![]() It’s playful it’s allowed to be bright and colorful because these women, and what they wanted to give out, was appealing because they were somehow classified as “other.” They weren’t in the world of their parents, being wives and making children. I was wondering how you viewed the show’s overall aesthetic. When I was talking with a colleague who also watched the show, we both agreed that Harlots is like a hypersexual version of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette in terms of its tone and style. When you see what women on the show are doing, you’re just like, yeah, I get that. In the way certain things are done, and how things are referenced. You’re giving your own choices.Īnd the entire series is shot from a female gaze, which I imagine was a major selling point.ĭefinitely. The conversation just meant that I felt really safe, really quickly. Because I did love the script, but I wanted to make sure and know what they were wanting from it. To be honest, I actually spoke with the show’s director and the showrunner, sat down with both of them, and had a big, long chat. As it goes forward, it really delves into that. You wouldn’t be telling the story efficiently for Harlots if you didn’t tell the more difficult sides of that subject - the sex, the grimmer aspects, you name it. I suppose some kind of caution should always be placed to make sure what the subject is and what direction a show is going in. When you first got the script, was there any reluctance on your end regarding the subject matter? ![]() It definitely made the whole experience really special. I have no idea how I would’ve thought if it had been different because I honestly do feel it would’ve been an entirely different show. It’s deemed high-risk when there’s a primarily female-dominated and produced piece. Going forward, as I was doing the job, the atmosphere and the empowering energy was something I’ve never experienced before. The more I read it, the more I got to know the people involved, the more I loved it. It’s hard to answer that, I suppose, because I feel it would’ve been a very different beast and a very different thing if it involved men. Did this make you want to do Harlots more, or do you think you would’ve done it anyway if it was more creatively male-skewing? Right off the bat, I was immediately impressed that the show’s entire creative team was comprised of women. Speaking from a London bus en route to her theater production of Hamlet (she’s currently starring as Ophelia) Findlay spoke to Vulture about her “alienated” role, what it’s like to shoot sex scenes, and why the media can’t seem to move past her time on Downton Abbey. ![]() Life at the top, though, isn’t as glamorous as it may appear to be. ![]() But besides the central madame-on-madame drama, arguably the heart of the series is Jessica Brown Findlay’s complex portrayal of Charlotte, the daughter of one of the owners, who manages to climb up the social ranks to a more comfortable life as a popular upper-class courtesan. “And one in five women makes a living selling sex.” That’s the basic premise of this pastel-infused romp of a “whore’s eye view” drama, which follows the scathing battle between two brothel owners - both serving different social classes and clientele - as they attempt to scheme their way to the top of London’s very in-demand brothel business. London is booming,” reads the opening title card of Hulu’s newest series, Harlots.
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