…And how a steamy turkey basting video led them to cast the perfect frat boy.
It certainly was forMindy Kaling.
“I loved my college experience,” Kaling says.
Reneé Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Pauline Chalamet, and Amrit Kaur on ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’.Jessica Brooks/HBO Max
“I went to school in New Hampshire at Dartmouth, which is so cinematic.
But, she adds, “The only thing going on is the social life and partying there.
Kaling partnered with fellow college lover Justin Noble (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) to hatch the project.
“I had talked about developing a college show years ago,” says Noble.
“The thing I would hear is, ‘There’s no stakes in that world, nothing matters.’
And I was shocked by that because my take was everything mattered.
You care so deeply about everything.”
We really wanted to find unknowns.”
But one casting choice wasn’t so complicated.
“I remember someone sending me a video on YouTube of Gavin Leatherwood,” says Noble.
“It was him smoldering at the camera while he basted a turkey.
To me, that was a good prerequisite for who would play the role.
It’s tough to find that character and for them to still be able to hit a joke.”
The Sex Lives of College Girlspremieres Nov. 18 on HBO Max.
