“We wanted to make sure it was a really low-rent law show,not a glamorous,everyone-in-heels kind of show,you know,Meghan Markle in Spanx,” Flanagan says. “The real law is done in offices with files piled high and people walking around acting like normal people do in an office.”
Although the show is tightly scripted,there are moments of ad-libbing,usually once the official scene is shot. “We learnt in the first season not to call cut too soon. When the script runs out the comedians don’t just stop ... everyone just keeps going,and Julia is the worst/the best,” says Flanagan.
“Improvisation is her stock-in-trade,the rest of us will stop and Julia will just keep going. We don’t have any outtakes with Julia in them unless it’s someone else cracking up at what Julia is saying,because she just Rozzes on. We’ve had so many good bits,with Marty,Aaron and Julia adding their own little buttons at the end.”
“I love that you’ve turned Roz into a verb,” Zemiro laughs.
Already airing in the UK and in France – whereit won best series in the comedy section of the Series Mania TV Festival in 2021 –Fisk will be available onNetflix on August 1. Right now the Flanagan sisters are currently writing series three.