Summary
If you’re looking for your next binge, look no further.
Together, the trio plans to pilfer millions of dollars worth of syrup.
The Stickys Tone Takes Inspiration From Fargo and Breaking Bad
We steal from the best.
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COLLIDER: I watched all six episodes.
I’m going to say congrats.
ED HARRO: Thank you.
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We hope so, too.
But youve got to watch December 6th on Prime Video, or we don’t get a second season.
BRIAN DONOVAN: [Laughs] That’s really what it comes down to.
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I definitely felt the influence ofFargoon this series.
Can you talk about that?
HERRO: Thats a compliment, thank you.
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We were influenced byFargo, both the movie and the shows.
Obviously we want it to be our own thing, but we like to steal from the best.
I remember seeing it a couple of times, and the audience reactions were different every time.
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We come from a comedy background.
We’ve been doing comedy together for years, so jokes are our first line of defense.
But we purposefully said, Let’s not write jokes.
And I hope it does.
A quirky film that promises to be based on a true story.
You’ve been working on this for a long time.
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At any point, were you like, This is never happening.
What are we doing?
DONOVAN: Oh, sure.
Follows Ruth Clarke, a Canadian maple syrup farmer.
HERRO: Yeah, last night.
[Laughs] We wrote this original pilot almost six years ago.
It was bought by one or two people before, and then the pandemic hit.
Because we need one.
And John’s like, I happened to be attached to one.
And so it rose from the grave at the end of the pandemic.
Is that about right?
Or just towards the end.
What’s going on?
Maybe somebody’s dead or something.
I picked up the phone, and Amazon wanted to do the show.
Obviously, fantastic news, and that’s just the wayThe Stickyhas been.
Every time we think it’s done, it comes back.
There’s a lot there.
But we call it barrel math.
There’s going to be somebody out there who knows it.
Plus, it lends more credibility to the characters in the story whenthey’vethought about it.
We could get some of them, for sure, but a lot of cows would die.
We probably wouldn’t be friends anymore.
I mean, it would be a disaster.
And that’s what these guys…
They’re not stupid by any means, and they’re very smart.
They’re just not experienced in stealing $20 million worth of syrup, which no one is.
HERRO: And they look great doing it.
They’re not criminals.
It’s pretty crazy.
I’m curious what you thought about as the arc.
HERRO: You’re very smart, but you underestimated us.
We have five seasons planned out.
That is not good TV.
So, there’s so much there that we’re dying to explore.
There are seasons of these characters, and we want to see how crime takes them and changes them.
Remys the sweetest guy on earth, and how does the crime affect him?
These are all things that we’re just dying to explore.
Maybe he’s losing a little bit.
Do you envision future seasons, if you get to do them, as six episodes also?
I wouldn’t be opposed to eight, but I do love the tightness of the six.
No one’s ever said, I wish that series or that show were longer.
Just leave them wanting more.
If we can get five seasons, we’ll get our story out.
I really enjoyed the runtimes and the breeziness.
I’m almost out of time, but I want to ask you some spoiler questions.
DONOVAN: We knew that we had Jamie [Lee Curtis] for a set amount of time.
What’s the most fun way to end this?
So I think in our heads, we were always thinking, How do we build a Fogelman-style ending?
I think the Jamie stuff was an added bonus throughout the process.
But we also know where Seasons 2, 3, 4, and 5 end.
We know the tentpoles.
We want to have the fun of getting there.
I’m just curious, has Martin not been as angelic as Margo’s character has thought?
HERRO: You’re going to have to watch Season 2.
[Laughs]
DONOVAN: You’re going to have to watch, Steve.
She thinks he’s the nicest guy she’s ever met.
It’d be interesting to see how that turns out.
HERRO: I can’t wait to find out myself.
I think that’s a nice, interesting little thing.
Anyone Can Die In The Sticky
Even our three leads.
Will Martin survive, or were those hand reactions because he’s dying?
We started this thinking anyone can die, even our three leads.
Anyone is on the table to die if it helps the story.
Other than that, everybody’s game.
DONOVAN: There’s also a big part of the story from Boston.
The executives at Prime Video have obviously seen the whole series.
Have they expressed to you, We’re pretty happy with how this turned out?
What’s the feedback you’ve been given?
DONOVAN: They’re really enthusiastic.
They talk very optimistically about doing more of the show.
I think we’re all waiting to see how the ratings are.
It is 2024, and TV is a ratings business.
But the vibes are very positive, I will say.
I’m fascinated by the editing process.
DONOVAN: It was a fascinating evolution.
Because of COVID and because of the writers’ strike, editing stopped.
So, it was edited a few different ways.
You tell it definitely on the page, on set, and in the edit.
HERRO: And a scene from Episode 2 came into the pilot, actually, the way was written.
Nothing matters except what’s the best way to tell it, and so we were moving things around.
So, it turns out things can be tighter than you ever thought they could be.
I’ve heard this from so many people.
Martindale stars as a syrup farmer turned criminal in Prime Video’s dark comedy series.
Jason Blum was one of the producers.
You mentioned Jonathan Levine.
Jamie Lee Curtis was a producer.
What was their feedback when they started seeing cuts?
Were there any notes that they gave that helped shape the edit?
They were supportive throughout, of course, and helped a great deal.
In my memory, they were much more hands-on helpful in getting us to that point.
But I could be wrong.
Everything got really good, really fast, once people were able to finallyseewhat was happening.
Everyone was just excited and they just wanted to watch more and more of it.
HERRO: [Laughs] It was heroin.
On the day, the dailies were coming back at a heightened level.
They weren’t looking as rough as a lot of dailies go.
It’s six episodes, and most of them are, like, 25 minutes.
So, we did lose some scenes we wanted and we just made it zippier than it was.
I guess we originally conceived it just a little more drawn out.
DONOVAN: Yeah, a little longer, a little slower.
There was more background for a lot of the characters.
That’s just what it ended up having to be.
So, that’s the way the first season plays.
Maybe that will change in future seasons.
HERRO: Yeah, I could see us doing future seasons a little bit longer.
you could watchThe StickySeason 1 on Prime Video now.
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