‘I Hate Suzie Too’ Creator Lucy Prebble On The “Funnier, Angrier” Second Season Of Sky/HBO Max Hit & Being “Ahead Of The Game”
deadline.comI Hate Suzie Too co-creator Lucy Prebble has said the second season of her and Billie Piper’s Sky/HBO Max hit will be “funnier and angrier” than series one, while she reflected on being “ahead of the game” with their portrayal of anxiety.
The first season of Bad Wolf/Sky Studios’ show swiftly became a revelation when it landed two years ago, garnering critical acclaim for a no-holds-barred approach to anxiety, fame and the media circus, while Piper was hailed for her lead performance as child-star-turned-dysfunctional adult Suzy Pickles.
Prebble won a BAFTA for season one and Piper was nominated alongside Supporting Actress Leila Farzad. The second season has been shortened from eight half hours to three hour-long episodes and centers wholly on Pickles’ decision to take part in Strictly Come Dancing-esque celebrity dance format Dance Crazee to rebuild her reputation and make some money. “This is more Suzie-focused than before and it’s funnier and angrier,” Prebble told Deadline. “The shape is more traditional but the content is more daring.
Tonally I think it’s more confident and more driven – it has brighter highs and darker lows. It is an exploration of a woman trying to find herself again after turning her life upside down.” Trendsetting The writer said her and Piper, who developed “more of a shorthand for season two,” were “ahead of the game” in creating a show that focuses on “anxiety and creates anxiety when you watch it,” which has since set a trend. “I was fascinated by ‘anxiety’ as both a word and a diagnosis and how pervasive and contemporary that was.
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