RussianDoll co-creator Leslye Headland on the industry that enabled Harvey Weinstein: 'You can only behave the way that he did if everyone in that company is perpetuating that abuse”
“I’m trying to enjoy it, but I’m in shock,” Headland says over a strong coffee at SoHo’s Ludlow House social club, of which she’s a member. Not even mid-filming assurances from her wife — “” actor Rebecca Henderson, with whom she lives in Bed-Stuy — could prepare her for the eventual praise. “I’ve been in shock all year. I’m shocked that we pulled it off, and I’m shocked that people liked it.”
“Liked it” is an understatement: “Russian Doll” became a critical sensation and earned 13 Emmy nominations, including outstanding comedy series. Headland herself received two nods, for writing and producing. “It was so ambitious on so many levels, and such a huge payoff,” she says. “It taught me so much in the sense of risk versus reward.”Headland, a prolific playwright and director, has spent most of her career achieving that kind of balancing act.
But Headland learned how to juggle duties and woo potential collaborators; she even helped throw some “infamous” off-campus fundraiser parties to get productions off the ground. As she puts it: “I had directed things before in high school, but that’s when I realized, I wouldto do this.” NYU was also, she says, a “perfect introduction to New York.
While writing plays, Headland interned at Miramax — “the only game in town” — before becoming an assistant. Her experiences there, including a stint as Harvey Weinstein’s personal assistant, inspired her acidic 2012 play “Assistance,” which depicts the lower-rung employees following in their bosses’ toxic footsteps. “I caught some flak because [Weinstein] wasn’t in it,” Headland says with palpable frustration.
“It came at just the right time,” Headland says. While she’s proud of her twisted rom-coms, the strange, cathartic bent of “Russian Doll” proved a perfect fit for her, an unabashed sci-fi nerd who worships “Star Trek,” Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth” and Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining.” She’s now hopeful that the Emmy success of “Russian Doll” will lead her to more ambitious projects and help others get their own greenlit.
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