In the finale, why did you decide to use The Prodigy’s “Firestarter” when Arabella toyed with her rapist? It’s such a great song for that scene. January 22 because that’s the day that her draft was due and the day that she goes to the bar. The name I May Destroy You came back, so I said, “Guys, this is the title.” So yes, it came quite late. This was March of this year, and it came back. Yeah! So it came really late, and at that point it just occurred to me, so I emailed my team and floated it out as a possible title and then forgot about it. That’s wild since it fits the show like a glove. Michaela was kind enough to talk with us about how she conceived and crafted the multiple “endings” explored in the finale.Ĭan we talk about the wonderful title of this show, and at what moment did you decide that was going to be it?įunnily enough, I landed on that title three months into the shoot, when we were actually shooting the show. Previously, we spoke with co-stars Weruche Opia and Paapa Essiedu about the so-called “grey areas” of sexual consent and the many masks worn by the show’s characters, respectively. In the end, Arabella wrote her own peaceful ending while taking back her soul from the stranger who had stolen it from her. Finally, we saw her find peace with the situation as his corpse disappeared from underneath her bed. In another version, she danced up to him at the bar to the tune of The Prodigy’s “Firestarter” with controlled chaos and limbs flying everywhere. Surreally, we saw her rally with girlfriends and kill him outside the scene of the original crime.
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In the episode, Arabella drafted several permutations of how to find closure with her rapist. The finale turned out to be shocking and empowering and painstakingly perfect for the pitch-black humor of the show.
What emerges is a subversive and provocative commentary on consent in many contexts.
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As creator, writer, and star of the HBO series, Coel unfurled a catharsis-fueled finale that included a revenge fantasy for her character, Arabella (also a writer), who spent a full season unraveling the mystery of who had drugged and raped her during a night on the town.
I May Destroy You proved to be a fiery and fearless exploration of sexual consent that cemented Michaela Coel as a creative force not to be ignored (following her previous success with hit Britcom Chewing Gum).
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