Pieces of Her creator Charlotte Stoudt discusses her experience filming with Toni Collette and her upcoming project.

Pieces of Her Creator Charlotte Stoudt Talks About Working With Toni Collette, Season 2, and the Morning Show

There are a lot of hands involved in bringing a tale to life on the screen,
whether it’s on a big screen or on your TV. Many people contribute to the
realization of a project. And the new Netflix thriller Pieces of Her was no
exception. Extras, DOPs, producers, makeup artists, writers, creators, and other
crew members were involved. Charlotte Stoudt, the creator, was one of the people
that spoke with The Hollywood reporter.

She had previously worked as a television writer, and this was her first stint
as a creator. She’s been climbing up the ranks at a breakneck pace, having
recently joined Apple TV’s The Morning Show as showrunner for season 3. She also
discusses working with actress Toni Collette.


BEFORE PIECES OF HER, THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP IN THIS GENRE WAS
UNEXPLORED

People always expect men to do all the violence or dirty work in fiction, so
people frequently explored this type of story with male characters. But the
creator, Charlotte Stoudt, had a different opinion and wondered why it couldn’t
be done with female characters, especially in a mother-daughter relationship.
Toni Collette’s character pulls a gun on her daughter Andy, played by Bella
Heathcote, in one scene in the series. People often think “is it possible?” but
Charlotte questions, “well, if this were Liam Neeson and Robert Pattinson, would
anybody even ask that question?”

ALSO READ: “I Was as Involved as I Wanted to Be”: Author Karin Slaughter Takes
Us Through the Journey of ‘Pieces of Her’ From a Book to the Netflix Show
[https://netflixjunkie.com/i-was-as-involved-as-i-wanted-to-be-author-karin-slaughter-takes-us-through-the-journey-of-pieces-of-her-from-a-book-to-the-netflix-show/]


CHARLOTTE STOUDT ON WORKING WITH TONI COLLETTE ON PIECES OF HER

Toni Collette, as we’ve seen, can take on any role and deliver an outstanding
performance. So does Charlotte; she was curious to know what she could ask Toni
to do or develop in the story itself to keep Toni’s interest. She was always
intrigued by the actress’s enigmatic gaze and used to wonder, “‘What is she
thinking?’ That’s a show. It’s that simple. You get to see a little bit of what
she’s thinking, but by the end of season one, you still don’t know.”

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IS PIECES OF HER A LIMITED SERIES?

It began as a limited series, but somewhere along the way, it was decided to
make it a full-fledged series. Charlotte said
[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/pieces-of-her-showrunner-interview-morning-show-season-3-1235103944/],
“I believe that was a Netflix decision, but there’s certainly a lot more to tell
and I purposely kind of started building it out a little bit more. I tried to
open it up so it could have some legs should it find an audience.”


CHARLOTTE STOUDT JOINED THE MORNING SHOW AS A SHOWRUNNER

The Morning Show and Pieces of Her have completely different genres and tones.
It is also difficult to create characters and stories that people will be
interested in. Stoudt made a comment on this, “That’s hard. One of the fun
things about The Morning Show is the humor. You can write slightly looser
scenes, and it can be a little bit of a West Wing-Mad Men chatty vibe. Thrillers
tend to be rather narrow.“

Pieces of Her, which consists of eight thrilling episodes, has been available on
Netflix since March 4th. If you haven’t already, watch [https://www.netflix.com]
it.

ALSO READ: Pieces of Her Fans Are Stuck to This Scene – Here’s Why
[https://netflixjunkie.com/pieces-of-her-fans-are-stuck-to-this-scene-heres-why/]

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There are a lot of hands involved in bringing a tale to life on the screen, whether it&#8217;s on a big screen or on your TV. Many people contribute to the realization of a project. And the new Netflix thriller Pieces of Her was no exception. Extras, DOPs, producers, makeup artists, writers, creators, and other crew members were involved. Charlotte Stoudt, the creator, was one of the people that spoke with The Hollywood reporter.
She had previously worked as a television writer, and this was her first stint as a creator. She&#8217;s been climbing up the ranks at a breakneck pace, having recently joined Apple TV&#8217;s The Morning Show as showrunner for season 3. She also discusses working with actress Toni Collette.
<h2>Before Pieces of Her, the mother-daughter relationship in this genre was unexplored</h2>
People always expect men to do all the violence or dirty work in fiction, so people frequently explored this type of story with male characters. But the creator, Charlotte Stoudt, had a different opinion and wondered why it couldn&#8217;t be done with female characters, especially in a mother-daughter relationship. Toni Collette&#8217;s character pulls a gun on her daughter Andy, played by Bella Heathcote, in one scene in the series. People often think &#8220;is it possible?&#8221; but Charlotte questions, “well, if this were Liam Neeson and Robert Pattinson, would anybody even ask that question?”
ALSO READ: <a href="https://netflixjunkie.com/i-was-as-involved-as-i-wanted-to-be-author-karin-slaughter-takes-us-through-the-journey-of-pieces-of-her-from-a-book-to-the-netflix-show/">“I Was as Involved as I Wanted to Be”: Author Karin Slaughter Takes Us Through the Journey of ‘Pieces of Her’ From a Book to the Netflix Show</a>
<h2>Charlotte Stoudt on working with Toni Collette on Pieces of Her</h2>
Toni Collette, as we&#8217;ve seen, can take on any role and deliver an outstanding performance. So does Charlotte; she was curious to know what she could ask Toni to do or develop in the story itself to keep Toni&#8217;s interest. She was always intrigued by the actress&#8217;s enigmatic gaze and used to wonder, &#8220;&#8216;What is she thinking?&#8217; That’s a show. It’s that simple. You get to see a little bit of what she’s thinking, but by the end of season one, you still don’t know.&#8221;
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<h2>Is Pieces of Her a limited series?</h2>
It began as a limited series, but somewhere along the way, it was decided to make it a full-fledged series. Charlotte <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/pieces-of-her-showrunner-interview-morning-show-season-3-1235103944/">said</a>, &#8220;I believe that was a Netflix decision, but there’s certainly a lot more to tell and I purposely kind of started building it out a little bit more. I tried to open it up so it could have some legs should it find an audience.&#8221;
<h2>Charlotte Stoudt joined The Morning Show as a showrunner</h2>
The Morning Show and Pieces of Her have completely different genres and tones. It is also difficult to create characters and stories that people will be interested in. Stoudt made a comment on this, &#8220;That’s hard. One of the fun things about The Morning Show is the humor. You can write slightly looser scenes, and it can be a little bit of a West Wing-Mad Men chatty vibe. Thrillers tend to be rather narrow.&#8220;
Pieces of Her, which consists of eight thrilling episodes, has been available on Netflix since March 4th. If you haven&#8217;t already, <a href="https://www.netflix.com">watch</a> it.
ALSO READ: <a href="https://netflixjunkie.com/pieces-of-her-fans-are-stuck-to-this-scene-heres-why/">Pieces of Her Fans Are Stuck to This Scene – Here’s Why</a>

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