Maya Erskine Takes The Lead In 'Plus One' And 'PEN15'

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🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Maya Erskine has come a long way from the NYU experimental theater department where she met her PEN15 co-creator Anna Konkle. In this encore episode, Erskine talks to Sam about her starring role in the genre-bending romantic comedy Plus One and how she wrote her own life experiences into the character she plays on Hulu's PEN15.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:06.7	It's been a minute.
0:07.9	Happy weekend, dear listeners.
0:10.0	This what?
0:11.0	Gosh, 1,000th weekend of social distancing.
0:13.6	It feels like it's gone on so long.
0:15.0	Don't you feel that way?
0:16.2	It's gone on so long.
0:18.5	If you were like me, you probably feel like you've gotten to the point in this whole social
0:22.3	distance quarantine stay at home moment where it seems like you're out of things to read
0:27.7	and watch.
0:29.2	If that is you, I'm here to help.
0:31.6	We're going back into the archives for this episode to bring back a conversation that
0:36.2	offers two recommendations for viewing right now.
0:41.4	We're going to share with you now my conversation with Maya Erskine.
0:45.6	When we talked last year, she had just released this romcom called Plus One.
0:50.3	This Maya Erskine alongside Jack Quaid.
0:52.7	I like this movie because in some ways it looks like your typical romcom, but there are
0:56.3	many scenes in this film that subvert the entire genre.
1:00.2	For instance, this one scene, Maya and Jack's characters Alice and Ben, they're dressed
1:04.4	up all nice, slow dancing with each other at a friend's wedding reception.
1:09.2	It looks like these two are falling in love with each other.
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