“A lot of teen content is really grim,” agrees Pepall. It’s an important message to teenagers: ‘Yes, bad things happen, but you can always put one foot in front of the other.’ We have a responsibility to do that.” Netflix’s show, about a young woman who takes her own life, has received criticism for its depictions of suicide and sexual assault. “Not to knock ‘13 Reasons Why,’ but I found it so depressing,” says Norton. Pepall and Norton are not planning to deliver another dark YA show. “But the way Jacqueline structured it, which differs a bit from the book, is that so much of the story is about moving on. Everything felt like the worst thing ever,” adds Norton. “We all remember what it was like, being that age. It’s about friendship and all these wild emotions.” That’s why this story is not just about grief. “When you are that young, you go from being completely bereft to driving with the windows down, listening to your favorite song. She was attracted to the youth of the characters, she says. I would never want it to feel emotionally manipulative or just play for tears.” “Because I have lived through that experience, I want to make sure these scenes are depicted in an honest way.
When I was going through it, I thought: ‘Someday, I need to write about this.’ Everyone knows someone who has cancer. Pepall also lost her best friend to cancer. I want you to watch this show and have a good time, laugh and get caught up in the salaciousness of what teenagers are doing.” “As much as it’s about loss, I want it to be a fun ride. I would have done it too’,” she says, admitting it was “joyful” to allow her to do things that would scare others. But I want people to go: ‘Oh, that’s a terrible idea. “Rocky is suffering and she keeps making bad choices. “It’s a triangle,” Pepall tells Variety in Rome, admitting she quickly embraced her protagonist’s erratic behavior.
Now, she is asking her friend to meet him. Sasha, who was adopted, had a brother she never knew. But Sasha keeps on revealing her secrets, as Rocki starts to receive letters written before she died. The bittersweet story – pitched at MIA Market and billed as “All the Bright Places” meets “The Fault in Our Stars” – sees a high school girl trying to come to terms with her best friend’s passing of cancer.
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