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Nicholas Stoller & Francesca Delbanco (Platonic)

Author
Ben Blacker
Published
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://shows.acast.com/nerdistwriters/episodes/687eb292f6d4262b073aa1eb

Nicholas Stoller (writer and/or director, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Muppets, Neighbors) and novelist Francesca Delbanco created and run Apple TV+'s Platonic. Ahead of the new season on August 6, they discuss writing a show called "Platonic" as a married couple, the importance of set experience for writers, not taking their work home, balancing character and plot, Nick's resistance to writers' rooms, and lots more.


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