Sera Gamble Describes Bizarre First Script She Wrote About Goth Girls: ‘This Is the Story of How I Was Almost a Comedy Writer’
variety.comEmily Longeretta In Variety’s new feature, The One That Got Away, Emmy contenders reflect on one of their projects that never saw the light of day, was canceled too soon or that they’d like to revisit some day.When you hear Sera Gamble’s name, you don’t think of comedy.After getting her start on ABC’s short-lived procedural “Eyes” in 2005, she joined the “Supernatural” writers’ room.
Later, she created, executive produced and wrote Syfy’s “The Magicians” and then, in 2018, launched “You” with Greg Berlanti, a drama based on Caroline Kepnes’ twisted novels.The dramas are laced with a bit of darkness — and couldn’t be further from comedy.
When she began though, she didn’t know what route she was headed down. “This is the story of how I was almost a comedy writer.
I would not have predicted this for my career at all,” she tells Variety. “My goal was to be a professional writer, but my first bit of traction to break into the business was with a comedy feature.”She and her writing partner Raelle Tucker moved into a rental house in Van Nuys — “the kind of house where you’re like, some porn was definitely shot here,” she says.Together, they wrote a comedy feature that paid homage to “Dog Day Afternoon” set in a strip club.
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