Episode 11: Ashley Skidmore
Home Town: Norfolk, Virginia Current Town: Los Angeles, CA What are you working on now?: I’m working on a very fun very gay show for netflix — pickup isn’t official yet so I don’t wanna jinx it by spilling the beans... but you’ll be the first to know when it is!! Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person: Do you remember the movie Harriet the Spy? I was obsessed with spies when I was a kid — everyone from Harriet to James Bond. I did all this research on how I could become a spy FOR REAL… then it became glaringly obvious to me that the logistics are very complicated when it comes to becoming a spy. I was like, what’s close enough to satisfy my urges to trick people into thinking I’m some woman of mystery and play pretend for a living? then it came to me… writing. If you could change one thing about television, what would it be?: MORE FEMALE ANTIHEROES. Who are or were your television heroes?: Shonda Rhimes, Phoebe Walle