"Rachel Sennott hops on to our Zoom call and immediately launches into an apology. Oh my God I'm sorry! she says, sounding pained. She is only a couple of minutes late, but she is keen to explain. I have such a problem, because I'm a yapper on the phone. I had two calls before this, and I'm like, I've gotta stop talking! Luckily, it's exactly what a writer wants to hear at the start of an interview."
"Perhaps the largest spot on the moodboard, though, went to Entourage, the HBO sitcom about a rising A-list actor making his way in an often-seedy Hollywood (choice quote: nobody's happy in this town except for the losers). Sennott started watching it during the pandemic, became obsessed, and decided to put her own twist on it for the girls and the gays."
Rachel Sennott arrives talkative and candid, describing herself as a habitual phone yapper. She co-wrote and starred in the queer comedy Bottoms alongside Ayo Edebiri and Emma Seligman. She created an eight-part HBO series, I Love LA, that probes the darker side of Gen Z life. The series follows influencer Tallulah (Odessa A'Zion) and Maia (Sennott) as they navigate internet-era fame and fledgling talent management. Influences include Girls, Sex and the City, Insecure, Atlanta and especially Entourage. The concept grew from Sennott's move to Los Angeles and a personal saturn return, recasting the internet as the industry.
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