In Rebel, ABC/ Disney Television Studios’ freshman drama, we revisit a new version of a woman we’ve seen on screen before: Erin Brockovich.
Starring Katey Sagal as Annie ‘Rebel’ Bello—a character loosely based on who Brockovich is today—the show follows the renegade underdog advocate as she negotiates the takedown of all things corrupt.Creator, EP and showrunner Krista Vernoff explained during Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event that the genesis of the series began with a first meeting with Brockovich. “I got a call to meet Erin Brockovich and I ran as fast as I could to my car,” she said. “We talked for two and-a-half hours without taking a breath, and I left and I knew what the show was and I had to write it.”For Sagal,
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