misfits a personal manifesto by michaela coel

Lena Waithe, who is the writer behind boundary-pushing work like Queen & Slim and Master Of None, wanted to know how the London-based star's life has changed since she quit Instagram. Little Simz, whose tracks appeared on the must-listen-to I M ay Destroy You soundtrack, wanted to know about the art of creating non-traditional story lines. 'Obviously it feels like you are expending a lot of energy when you make the kind of work that I make, but I don't think I know how to make any other kind of work.' 'Most of the time, when I bump into people, they're willing to share stuff with me because it means they are being very present with me and it means that you get to have actual moments of substance with complete strangers,' Coel responded to Rogen's question. Rogen and Lyonne - both acclaimed writers in their own fields - wanted to know about the creative process for Coel, with the Super Bad star asking about the consequences of putting such 'heavy' and honest material out into the world and the Russian Doll actor relating to Coel by asking how she bets on self and has the confidence to keep going with the writing process. Critics and (most of) the awards bodies have agreed too, with Coel walking away with two BAFTA TV awards in June and nominations for two Emmys (Best Leading Actress and Limited Series, while co-star Paapa Essiedu is nominated too).Ĭoel's peers are just as admiring as awarding bodies, which is why many of them, like Seth Rogen, Natasha Lyonne and Lena Waithe all wanted to film a question for our 'Ask Me Anything' video, to celebrate her October cover of ELLE UK. Michaela Coel has had one heck of a year.Īs we endured pandemics, lockdowns and a total overhaul of the way many of us live our lives, Coel delivered some much-needed escapism with her groundbreaking consent drama, I May Destroy You.

Misfits a personal manifesto by michaela coel