By: Dominic La-Viola
The new show produced by HBO, “I Love LA,” premiered Tuesday, and I have to say I never heard of it, or probably wouldn’t have thought twice about it if I scrolled through it. Until now.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Rachel Sennott, the creator and star of the new show, talked about how when writing this show, she was heavily inspired by the HBO show “Entourage.”
For those of you who don’t know, it’s a show about actor Vinny Chase and his friends as he navigates his way through Hollywood, as the next up-and-coming movie star. Which was inspired and started out as a reality TV show, about Mark Wahlberg’s life .
Rachel Sennott’s new show, while similar to “Entourage” in the sense that it’s about friendship and a love letter to LA, is not quite the same. With the plot being about,
A tight-knit friend group gathers after years apart, navigating the complexities of ambition, relationships, and how time has changed them.
Not quite about the rich and the famous, but more about the friends and relationships that we build, then begin to lose as life starts to begin again in that second wave of early adulthood, known as your 20s.
Rachel told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview that it was during COVID that the idea really sprung to life, with the constant isolation and being cut off from everyone. That once they were finally able to see everyone again, it felt like so much had changed and she never wanted anyone to leave again.
That’s where the idea about reconnecting and rebuilding those friendships really came from.
The show makes its TV premiere this Sunday on HBO Max. Where new episodes will be released every Sunday. I, for one, am excited to check this one out!
Source- Hollywood Reporter
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