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Its May, and while spring fills the air in Hollywood, so do the anxiety levels.
Vulture trailed her during the making of three of them:History of Them,Friends-in-Law, andAbbys.
(She also directed ABCsMost Likely To.
)People write good things year-round, she continued.
It puts so much pressure unnecessarily on everybodys schedules.
Its kind of silly, but I dont make the rules.
There isnt that sense that things drag out forever, especially on the deal-making side.
Thats when they start hearing pitches from writers and often assign outlines.
At ABC, for example, first drafts of the comedy scripts were due on January 10.
Sometimes, a hot idea allows for cutting corners.
We had the luxury of time, Calderon Kellett said.
Its a very strange system to all be competing at the same time.
Going first also means waiting longer for CBS to make a decision.
Ill just be working full throttle until we hear.
And his show,Friends-in-Law,is proof that anything can happen in TV.
Gallivan wrote the script eight years ago and used it as a sample to land staff jobs.
Although CBS bought it five years ago, it never ordered a pilot.
When the rights forFriends-in-Lawreturned to Gallivan, he sold it to NBC, and the connection ordered a pilot.
In the update,Gallivan decided he wanted two of the four central characters to be people of color.
It was everything, like learning that he wouldnt loveSex and the Cityas much as I do.
I asked him what hisSATCis and he saidLiving Single.
Something that happens at the screen-test level took Rogers by surprise.
Thats everyones favorite part.
This year, though,History of Themwas Villafanes first and only audition.
By Thanksgiving, she already knew she had been cast three months earlier than most actors.
When she cast Villafane, Calderon Kellett rewrote Luna to be a singer around the age of the actress.
Villafane said she felt empowered knowing this.
It was one of those things where youre like, This is mine!
No ones gonna take this away from me!
she said, laughing.
But all of this is scary.
you could be voted off the island at any moment.
Even after theyve been chosen, the feeling that they might be replaced stays with mostactors.
Every single day that kid woke up being like, Im leaving.
He was so anxious, she said.
I was not at that level.
Im more of a enjoy it while you have it throw in of person.
Theres a bunch of different outcomes, right?
Ive been excited for something and then it doesnt go.
Ive been excited for something and been recast.
Being recast hurts a little more.
I always say I dont get excited about anything until my mom owns it on DVD.
Up until then, anything can happen.Morales is a pilot season veteran.
How many Latinas do you know named Abby?
I want it to be a step above or beyond what Ive already done.
So I fought for it.
Morales hadnt performed in front of a live audience since she took theater classes early in her career.
But there can be other types of conversations.
Its never easy when something doesnt go.
