A charming, butshort-lived musicalstarring Will Chase (Smash,Nashville) hit Broadway in 2006.
The original novel was set in London and the film transposed the action to Cusacks beloved Chicago.
Kucserka recently chatted with EW about developing the show and shared her own Top 5 list.
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This book is all of us, she said of the universal themes of the story.
Theres a line in the book like Were all cynics and romantics, sometimes simultaneously.
And it is so true.
Truly, she is the only person we sat down with on this project.
We were seeing people and none of them felt special.
She is just somebody that can do so many things.
She is wickedly hilarious.
Clearly, you are all fans of both the book and the film and respectful of the story structure.
Do you envision more seasons if Hulu is up for it?I hope.
We absolutely pitched out an arc that would take us over the course of several years.
I was like, there is absolutely a world where that could happen.
Im not going to spoil it because if it happens, Id love it to be a surprise.
And then there is episode 5, that Zoe and her writing partner co-wrote andParker Poseyis in it.
I cant let you go without forcing you to make a top five list of some kind.
[Laughter leads to brainstorming various ideas] Okay, the Top 5 Things That InfluencedHigh Fidelity.
5:Empire Records.
4:Reality Bites.No.
3: Stevie WondersTalking Book.
2: David BowiesThe Man Who Sold the World.And No.
1: Nick HornbysHigh Fidelity.
High Fidelity debuts Feb. 16 on Hulu.
