The entire Caroline Wakefield story line took place in Louisville. I am working on a script that will be set in Kentucky. It never even occurred to me that comparisons might be made. I watched it once, then didn't think about it again. There are very few original projects in Hollywood.
Elements are writers or directors or actors with track records, people who can make a movie happen.
And elements generally need some flag stuck in the sand that explains very loosely what they are doing, and that starts the studio money rolling. The underlying material was fabulous, but for me, writing is characterization, drama is emotion, and the characters and their emotional lives comes from a deep, unconscious place inside me. I really didn't think much about. I don't feel any extra pressure. I don't really feel like I have a lot to do with my success or lack of success.