Nearly two years from the last episode of the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, this husband-and-wife team of writers/directors/executive producers are presenting Étoile, about two ballet companies –- one in New York and the other in Paris -- who swap lead dancers and choreographers in order boost the attendance and viability of both companies.
“We never try to be too obscure. We feel like we have a sense that there’s an audience out there for something that we want to do,” Dan Palladino exclusively explains to Parade. “We would, of course, hope that people who aren’t naturally drawn to the ballet would still watch the show for the workplace comedy aspect of it, with the workplace being a ballet studio, and the fish out of water story in both countries.”
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Luke Kirby in the Prime Video series Étoile.While some may see Étoile as a super niche series because of the ballet theme, Sherman-Palladino does not. “I think you make a mistake if you believe that if you like something that the audience is not going to get it. Audiences are much smarter than we give them credit for,” she said. “We just go along and create characters who we want to hang out with, and who we find funny and amusing.”
Of course, setting a production in the world of ballet and making it feel realistic presents a unique set of hoops to jump through.
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“I am most proud of people enjoying being on the set, because a lot of actors, even those doing extremely great projects, have bad associations with sets and the tension that can be there,” says Palladino.
That loyalty is so strong that two of the ballerinas, who were 11 and 16 during Bunheads, now portray dancers in Étoile.
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“We wanted Luke to anchor our next show,” she says, “because we wanted to spend more time with him, because Lenny Bruce didn’t work enough days. We think Luke is the most fabulous leading man walking around out there, and we wanted to grab him before someone else did. To do that, you’ve got to create a show for him and put him in it.”
Gideon Glick in the Prime Video series, ÉtoileWhen asked if there could be more Maisel or Gilmore Girls, Sherman-Palladino agrees with the many fans who would love to revisit these favorite characters, but says it’s a matter of scheduling and timing.
Étoile premieres on April 24 on Prime Video.
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