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Jun 20, 2024 · Leslye Headland, showrunner of the Jedi drama starring Amandla Stenberg, is proud to inspire LGBTQ fans, but says the story is being read in unintended ways.
- Brian Davids
Leslye Headland (born 1980) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and playwright. She wrote the play Bachelorette and wrote and directed its 2012 film adaptation and the 2015 film Sleeping with Other People.
Leslye Headland, the indie filmmaker who co-created the series with Lyonne and Amy Poehler, suggests that the recent spike in inventive TV is a result of broadcasters with cash putting greater...
Jan 31, 2019 · In the new Netflix series Russian Doll, created by Headland, Amy Poehler, and Natasha Lyonne—who stars—the trap is a literal one, fated to reset over and over.
Jul 17, 2024 · When Leslye Headland set out to tell the story of The Acolyte, she wasn’t intending to make the Jedi antagonists in the story of Osha and Mae Aniseya. “My goal was to see Jedi as human beings, or as aliens with the emotions we ascribe to humans,” Headland tells StarWars.com.
- Kristin Baver
Mar 20, 2024 · In A new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Headland spoke about the series’ influences, such as “Kill Bill” and “Rashomon,” and how exactly she pitched the idea to Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy.
Jul 17, 2024 · “The Stranger flips classic gender tropes of hypersexualization,” Leslye Headland, The Acolyte’s creator and showrunner, tells me over email. “But a true sex symbol is someone who ...
