Michael Begler, who came on as season 2 showrunner with partner Jack Amiel, describes the pair’s journey from sitcom ‘Herman’s Head’ to working with producer Robert Downey J…
“Having to push and reinvent ourselves has gotten us to this,” Begler said by phone recently while discussing the new season, which debuts March 6th. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.We were working on a spinoff of “The Knick” for HBO, which, fingers crossed, will see the light of day. They called us and said, “We’re looking for someone to possibly step in on ‘Perry Mason.
We have three incredible historians from USC help us out: one who knows everything about L.A. history [William Deverell], one who knows L.A.’s Mexican community history [Natalia Molina], and one who was our legal expert [Elizabeth Logan]. The cultural references are just inside us. Before starting, I watched probably a hundred noir films on the Criterion. Some of that influence comes through. But with “Chinatown,” we consciously tried to go away from that. Still, it’s inevitable because it’s L.A. ‘30s noir. Robert Downey Jr. said to me, “The season has a Robert Towne vibe,” and I said, “I’ll take that compliment.”“The Knick” was our creation and we knew what we wanted.
But inside, I knew we’ve reinvented ourselves so many times we could push ourselves and figure it out. We just had to put our heads down and do the work.
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