#I may destroy you creator michaela series

The morale was high the whole time, so I’m very grateful that we were able to finish it, and finish it with joy,” she told The Times by video conference call. “It’s required a lot of actors under their duvets trying to make soundproof rooms doing ADR.

#I may destroy you creator michaela series

But mostly she’s been working remotely on post-production on “I May Destroy You” and enjoying the socially distanced love the series has received. went into lockdown in late March, Coel - whose previous series, “Chewing Gum,” centered on the efforts of a 24-year-old religious woman to lose her virginity - has been holed up at home in East London, catching up on “Ozark” and making the odd loaf of vegan banana bread. It has received ecstatic praise for its nuanced examination of sexual consent and the complications of race, gender, sexuality and class, as well as its authentic portrayal of contemporary, multicultural London. “I May Destroy You” was inspired by Coel’s own experiences - not only as an assault survivor, but as the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants raised in working-class London and a creative person struggling to make a living by channeling her life into art.

Over 12 episodes that boldly dart back and forth in time, the series follows Arabella and her best friends Terry (Waruche Opia) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu) as they wrestle with the aftermath of the assault. Writer and director Michaela Coel stars as Arabella, a celebrated young writer who is drugged and raped during a night out with friends - a fact she pieces together afterwards from the fragmented images coursing through her mind. TV rarely gets as personal - or as singular in its vision - as “I May Destroy You.”