'Like any other experience I’ve found traumatic, it’s been therapeutic to write about it, and actively twist a narrative of pain into one of hope, and even humor,' MichaelaCoel said.
at the Edinburgh TV Festival, where she revealed she had been sexually assaulted while in the midst of writing the second season of."I had an episode due at 7 A.M. I took a break and had a drink with a good friend who was nearby. I emerged into consciousness typing season two, many hours later," she said."I was lucky. I had a flashback. It turned out I’d been sexually assaulted by strangers.
"as the lead in a series she would helm, co-produced by BBC and HBO, which was then called. The show would tackle the thorny subject of consent and be partially based on Coel's real-life experience as a survivor of sexual assault. Eventually, the series evolved into"Like any other experience I’ve found traumatic, it’s been therapeutic to write about it, and actively twist a narrative of pain into one of hope, and even humor," she went on in her lecture.
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