AMC’s new series “Dietland” got a rewrite after the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal captured national attention, showrunner Marti Noxon told TheWrap.
“I think that we were lucky that the story about Harvey broke when we were just location scouting, and none of the scripts had been shot yet,” Noxon said. “We did rewrite to reflect a kind of ‘post-reckoning world,” she added, saying audiences will notice the theme more “as the story progresses.”
“Dietland,” which was already about women reclaiming their power from misogynistic men and abusers, provides “the next extension of the Me Too movement,” Noxon said.