'Upload' is a futuristic sci-fi comedy about a virtual afterlife. Star robbieamell tells us why it's coming at a perfect time.
OK, well now I've been sandbagged because I didn't know that was what that was. The show is set 15 years in the future and it's a world that has a lot of technology in it. One of the features is that all of the big tech companies have their own Siri and Alexa; they've all programmed luxurious virtual reality hotels that you can visit by putting on VR glasses and you can walk around this beautiful place.
This happens to him in the pilot. There's a lot of drawbacks to it because, even though it's very beautiful, it's also glitchy and they're constantly trying to make money off you. Luckily for him, he meets a customer service rep who works there, who actually is a woman living in Brooklyn named Nora. She's really working for this big company to try and use the employee discount so that she can be able to afford upload for her dad, who's got health problems.
In terms of Nathan's evolution over the course of this season, how much growth does he go through? He starts out at the beginning very... not douchey, but...Greg and I talked about that in the pilot. My biggest concern was, I don't want to lose people. If they need to eventually get behind this guy, I don't want to lose them in the first episode. But Greg was very smart and thoughtful with the character's arc.
In episode seven, he says he was just going to clubs and doing his work, and that may feel meaningful at the time, but it takes him dying to realize that he wasn't really living. And it takes somebody like Nora to show him that maybe there is something more to this. Maybe you'd get more out of helping people than you think. I think a lot of young people may think that they're doing a lot more than they are.
In the first episode, there were several shock factors. I didn't expect to see the main character get decapitated. Can you talk a little bit about balancing those"Oh my god, what just happened?" moments with trying to ground it in some sort of a reality?: I don't know what's wrong with me, but that makes me laugh -- that moment that you're talking about.Surprise is very important for comedy.
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