‘Audrey’s Back’ Creator Florence Longpré Brings ‘Empathy’ – and Kind Humor – to Series Mania: ‘We Should Be Proud of Ourselves for Just Being Alive’
variety.comMarta Balaga Florence Longpré has brought “Empathy” to Series Mania. “The whole show is built around it,” she tells Variety. “If you haven’t experienced mental issues, it’s difficult to understand what these people are going through.
I try to put myself in their shoes. What does it feel like when it’s fucked up in your head, when you’re panicking? How can medication and therapy help?
Or maybe they don’t?” She confesses: “When I was very young, I suffered from depression. When you finally leave this dark place, it’s like an explosion of light.
You have a second chance at life. You rediscover so many things and so many emotions.” In “Empathy,” which she created, Longpré plays Suzanne – a former criminologist turned psychiatrist, trying her best to help her patients.
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