“In times like these, we need to have more perspectives to educate people.
Victor comes from a different social class, he’s a different ethnicity, his family is more conservative.
“We want people to feel like they’re coming back to a universe.
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And in terms of Victor’s story, we start him at a much earlier point in time.
Am I attracted to girls?'”
“That’s a different element that makes it very different from the movie.”
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“But the way that Victor introduces himself to Simon is not necessarily polite.
“We really felt like we had told Simon’s story to completion,” Berger says.
“We were really proud of how we told it and wanted to leave it alone.
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Aptaker describes the dynamic as Simon being the “cooler, big-brother, mentor figure” to Victor.
But he’s not perfect.
And Victor doesn’t take Simon’s advice as gospel, either.
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“Victor isn’t just following Simon’s advice blindly,” Aptaker says.
“We were all really aligned in our feeling that that was the right level of Simon’s involvement.
I’ve seen the dailies and I’m happy that they passed the torch to you.'
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That warmed my heart to hear from such a freaking talented actor.
He’s so good!
Season 1 ofLove, Victordebuts Wednesday, June 17, on Hulu.
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