The cast of FosseVerdonFX explain the show's most ambitious scene—the moment Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon first met
consulting producer, “one of her parents’ friends got her pregnant, and then her parents told her to marry him.” Verdon had the baby, but made the devastating decision to leave her son in her parents’ care to pursue her dancing career.
, a baseball-themed twist on the Faust legend, in which a Washington Senators fan makes a pact with the devil. “The reason that second episode is [centered on]is because it showcases Fosse and Verdon’s deal with the devil. Would you do this if it costs you that?” said Kail. “And in that sense, they both say yes.”Kail, Williams, and Rockwell spent significantly more time than usual around the table reading through this 10-page scene.
The difficulty level was high: “By the end of the scene, we have to have Bob and Gwen in some way arrive at the idea that the two of them are meant to be together.” Usually, that sort of realization is made across multiple scenes, if not episodes. But in the case of, the emotional arc unravels in “a continuous linear timeframe. . .straight through,” said Kail. “There are not time cuts. We don't say, ‘Three hours later.’ This happens in six minutes.
“It was definitely the most ambitious thing that I’ve ever attempted on film,” Williams said. “This was more complicated—this required more of me intellectually, emotionally, physically. . .it was definitely the most demanding scene of my. . .of everything.”
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