#I may destroy you creator michaela series#

And I think for a lot of people, they don't even have a flashback at all. So our stories are different, but there are many, many similarities. And then, yes, I had friends who helped me going through Uber receipts, bank statements, calling other friends to literally try and gather the pieces. I was a mess, but I didn't quite connect the dots until I had a flashback. I didn't quite connect the dots until I had a flashback. What better place for a story than one that I felt many people could find an identification in?' 'There were so many different ways to explore consent and how it affects us today.

'I realized that many people had some sort of experience that was connected to mine,' she says. But as she heard from other people who had similar stories, she began to think more broadly.

#I may destroy you creator michaela series#

Michaela Coel, the show's creator, writer, director and star, was assaulted in a similar way when she was writing and starring in her first TV series, Chewing Gum.Ĭoel says she initially wanted to create a series about sexual assault because of her own experiences. The series centers on Arabella, a young writer who is raped after her drink is spiked at a bar. The new HBO series I May Destroy You is a stylish, sometimes funny drama about a very serious subject: rape and sexual assault. Note: This interview discusses, and the show contains, scenes depicting, and stories about, sexual assault. Coel, the show's creator, writer, director and star, based the series on a personal experience. Arabella (Michaela Coel) attends a support meeting with other survivors of sexual assault on HBO's I May Destroy You.