Debra messing on will and grace season 1

DEBRA MESSING ON WILL AND GRACE SEASON 1 TRIAL

The first draft came in before Brett Kavanaugh was ultimately sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. I remember every single thing that happened that day.вЂќ

When Martin Adler tries to dismiss his daughter, he tells her, вЂњMaybe youвЂ™re misremembering.вЂќ Grace replies adamantly, вЂњNo. One line, however, was added to the script after Christine Blasey Ford delivered her riveting testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. вЂњWhat was the situation? What happened to her? And if you say what happened to her, then you have to describe what it is,вЂќ he says. Ultimately, Kohan says they decided to make the scene as graphic as the assault was for Grace. There was never going to be a line where Grace said on this sitcom, вЂHe touched me down there.вЂ™ It was always going to be something specific and graphic and we just had to figure out how far we wanted to take it and what felt right for the show.вЂќ We knew that we were not going to tell the story in broad strokes. вЂњBut we were always on board with getting specific. вЂњThere was a lot of discussion in the room about how far we would go,вЂќ says Mutchnick. The inclusion of those details was the source of many conversations thatВ Mutchnick and Kohan had with their writers. I tried to scream but he told me, вЂQuiet.вЂ™ Then he started kissing me and touching me and then he pulled down my pants and put his fingers up -вЂќ And then he pushed me up against the wall. вЂњAnd then at the end of the day, Harry called me into his office. вЂњIt was hot so I had to have my hair up and it showed off earrings that I borrowed from mom that made me feel really grown up,вЂќ Grace recalled to her father, who was at first in denial about what he was about to hear about his friend, Harry, who had since passed away. When it came time for Grace to share her moment, the female lead of the revived comedy did not hold back any details on the Nov. We came into the room and started talking about, вЂHow can we write to some of this in the show?'вЂќДavid Kohan, the other half of the Will & Grace duo, tells THR that вЂњbefore the year even started, I remember saying something along the lines of, вЂGrace probably had a #MeToo moment.'вЂќ вЂњThey were being told publicly and they were loud and proud, and because of that, I think they helped a lot of women. вЂњThey werenвЂ™t being told in dark corners,вЂќ Mutchnick said of the testimonies from the Cosby accusers.

DEBRA MESSING ON WILL AND GRACE SEASON 1 TRIAL

In the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, Cosby was ultimatelyВ sentenced in September to three to 10 years behind bars for drugging and sexually assaultingВ Andrea Constand, one of the 60 or so women who came forward to accuse the former Cosby Show star of drugging and violating them over the past five decades. We were very taken by the raw coverage of these stories and what made them so potent was the fact that we were hearing the specifics about what had happened to these women.вЂќ вЂњThe conversation started when we began hearing some of the testimony from the women that had been assaulted by Cosby.

вЂњThis episode was an outgrowth of what was going on with the Bill Cosby case,вЂќ co-creator Max Mutchnick tells The Hollywood Reporter. The powerful reveal, delivered with an emotional performance by TimeвЂ™s Up activist Messing, was a direct response to the #MeToo movement and, specifically, the testimonies that were given by Bill CosbyвЂ™s accusers.

Debra messing on will and grace season 1