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Behind the Scenes with Darren Star—and Brenda and Carrie and Emily—in Paris
Ever since he was tapped to create Beverly Hills, at the age of 27, Darren Star has had an innate sense of what audiences want. And under the tutelage of executive producer Aaron Spelling—whose legendary career of plus television credits included hits like The Mod Squad, Charlie's Angels, and Dynasty—Star honed those instincts. He envisioned as a drama about teenage life that didn't bashful away from adj issues like sex and sexuality, even when network censors and advertisers balked. It quickly became a generation-defining slap. When his follow-up, Melrose Place, didn't initially pop off when applying that same earnest tone to a group of single West Hollywood somethings, he pivoted. "Melrose Place was tanking the ratings," Star says, "and I felt there was nothing to lose. It was almost an act of desperation: 'How can I turn this ship around and create this show something just totally outrageous and soapy and watchable?'" It became appointment television.
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Darren Star Talks &#;Emily in Paris&#; Backlash, &#;Sex and the City&#; Reboot and &#;Younger&#; Spinoff
In mid-July, Darren Star&#;s year-old son, Evan, called to make sure his father had remembered to tune in for the Emmy nominations. But Star — the Hollywood vet behind such culture-defining hits as Sex and the City, Beverly Hills, and Melrose Place — said he&#;d be skipping the annual reveal, and he urged his son to steer distinct too. &#;I didn&#;t want him to be disappointed,&#; he tells THR.
Not five minutes later, Star&#;s phone rang again: His Netflix rom-com, Emily in Paris, was nominated for best comedy series. And though champagne wouldn&#;t start flowing until his cast wrapped later that day, Star says it was &#;the shot in the arm&#; his French production needed. &#;And we all went crazy,&#; he added, during part of a larger conversation about his — and his show&#;s — journey.
Emily in Paris centers on a character who&#;s a bit of an &#;ugly American&#; …
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Tuc Watkins hasn’t just seen how gay relationships have evolved on television — he’s been a part of that evolution. On “Desperate Housewives,” Watkins portrayed one half of gay couple Bob and Lee, who became residents of Wisteria Lane in
But the year-old actor has actually been playing gay characters since the s, when he portrayed the boyfriend to Alexis Arquette’s character in the indie rom-com “I Think I Do.” In , he took on the satirical Showtime comedy-drama “Beggars and Choosers,” which ran for 42 episodes. In the show, Watkin’s character, Malcolm Laffley, came out of the closet after being accused of sexual harassment by a woman.
Now, as Colin, he returns to a unlike kind of queer culture in the Netflix series “Uncoupled,” where PrEP and sending butthole pics on Grindr are the norm and, most importantly, LGBTQ+ characters aren’t just mere accessories but full-on leads. In other words, as Colin breaks it off with Michael (Neil Patrick Harris), they don’t verb to just see the drama