Nikki Boyer

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I am so excited we're going into production on Dying for Sex and it's just, it's happening and I just, I don't even know how to react because I feel like we've been waiting So long for this to happen. I just, I'm a little beside myself. When you lose someone that you love, you know, you talk to them. I mean, I do. And not out loud, usually. But they're still there, in the room, you know?

I am so excited we're going into production on Dying for Sex and it's just, it's happening and I just, I don't even know how to react because I feel like we've been waiting So long for this to happen. I just, I'm a little beside myself. When you lose someone that you love, you know, you talk to them. I mean, I do. And not out loud, usually. But they're still there, in the room, you know?

And sometimes feeling them close makes you want to say something back. And for me, that meant hitting record. I am about to go on set today. So I will be meeting everyone for the first time today. So I'm just trying to play it cool. You know, like, yeah, no big deal. But on the inside, I feel like it's my first day of school.

And sometimes feeling them close makes you want to say something back. And for me, that meant hitting record. I am about to go on set today. So I will be meeting everyone for the first time today. So I'm just trying to play it cool. You know, like, yeah, no big deal. But on the inside, I feel like it's my first day of school.

I started making these little voice memos during the making of FX's new streaming series on Hulu, Dying for Sex. And I wasn't really planning on sharing them. I just think I wanted to feel like Molly was part of this moment. I'm walking around the set and all around are like little signs that say Dying for Sex this way, Dying for Sex wardrobe this way, production studios this way. And I just...

I started making these little voice memos during the making of FX's new streaming series on Hulu, Dying for Sex. And I wasn't really planning on sharing them. I just think I wanted to feel like Molly was part of this moment. I'm walking around the set and all around are like little signs that say Dying for Sex this way, Dying for Sex wardrobe this way, production studios this way. And I just...

I'm getting emotional shit. It's like happening and everyone's working. There's catering, there's grips, there's wardrobe stylists, there's makeup people, and they're all working to tell her story. It's so beautiful and so humbling and so fucking cool.

I'm getting emotional shit. It's like happening and everyone's working. There's catering, there's grips, there's wardrobe stylists, there's makeup people, and they're all working to tell her story. It's so beautiful and so humbling and so fucking cool.

This three-episode series is my chance to sit down with the insanely talented people who transformed a podcast about love, sex, and dying into a television series and talk about how they did it.

This three-episode series is my chance to sit down with the insanely talented people who transformed a podcast about love, sex, and dying into a television series and talk about how they did it.

And how they captured the spirit of Molly, who chose life even in the face of death.

And how they captured the spirit of Molly, who chose life even in the face of death.

And I'm pretty sure Molly would be peeing her pants if she knew that the Michelle Williams was playing her. She's a five-time Oscar-nominated actress who's played complex, intense film roles in movies like The Fablemans, Brokeback Mountain, and Blue Valentine.

And I'm pretty sure Molly would be peeing her pants if she knew that the Michelle Williams was playing her. She's a five-time Oscar-nominated actress who's played complex, intense film roles in movies like The Fablemans, Brokeback Mountain, and Blue Valentine.

For TV, she is one of only five performers in history to win all five major television awards in a single award cycle, including the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Limited Series as Gwen Verdon in FX's Bossy Verdon. But watching Michelle play my best friend Molly, I was wowed. And not just by her talent, but by how deeply she got her. She brought her to life.

For TV, she is one of only five performers in history to win all five major television awards in a single award cycle, including the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Limited Series as Gwen Verdon in FX's Bossy Verdon. But watching Michelle play my best friend Molly, I was wowed. And not just by her talent, but by how deeply she got her. She brought her to life.

And today, I get to ask her how she did it. From Wondery, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Behind Dying for Sex, a series of interviews with the creators and the cast of the new FX show inspired by the podcast that I made with my best friend Molly.

And today, I get to ask her how she did it. From Wondery, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Behind Dying for Sex, a series of interviews with the creators and the cast of the new FX show inspired by the podcast that I made with my best friend Molly.