
And then as soon as the first episode dropped, it felt like it’s no longer our thing. And actually, a weight lifted—it was like, oh, it’s the world’s now.
Jackson: Can you tell us a bit about what you have coming up?
Wood: I just wrapped on Daddy Issues series two, which is just a really funny, silly show that I love doing, and the most comforting place to be is on that set. And then I wrote a show that’ll be coming out this year. It’s called Film Club, and it is about a girl called Evie who can’t leave the house, so she has a film club that she hosts every Friday with her best friend who she’s secretly in love with. It’s very rom-com, and I am very much about bringing the classic rom-coms back.
Malle: What’s your top favorite rom-com?
Wood: Broadcast News. I like rom-coms that aren’t quite rom-coms, but they are rom-coms. When Harry Met Sally, obviously—very, very close second. Sleepless in Seattle. Like, Holly Hunter and Meg Ryan are, to me, just the best people that have ever lived, and I miss them. I have a whole thing about—I feel like TV achieves it a bit more, but like, you know the movie that you just rewatch over and over again on the plane? On a Sunday you put your cozy jumper on, you get some popcorn, and you watch Sleepless in Seattle. That would be my life’s mission, to write a movie that is like Sleepless in Seattle.
Jackson: Well, now we have to ask about your culture diet. Have you been reading, watching, binging, listening to anything?
Wood: I am excited to catch up on stuff because I’ve really been out of the loop. When I was in Thailand, I didn’t watch anything, because I was very much kind of like, I’m in this story and I have to be in this story.
Jackson: I heard you’re a Girls fan?
Wood: Only recently!
Jackson: What girl do you think you are?
Wood: I mean, it’s not good to be any of them, is it? I think I’m a Hannah.