Maude Apatow speaks—about Lexi's explosive episode, why Fezco isn't sitting in his damn seat, and more.
?” With those seven words, any question about whether Lexi’s play would pull punches was gone. While theteens could’ve used fair warning about the contents of Lexi’s blatantly autobiographical opus,“It’s very complicated sometimes [even] to watch,” Apatow tellsof Sunday’s multipronged episode, which blurs the lines between stage and reality. “So to read it, [creator] wrote a note in the beginning of the script: ‘Sometimes you might get lost, but trust me, it’s all going to make sense.
Lexi’s used to being underestimated. This season’s third episode finally revealed her backstory, outside of being Cassie’s sister or Rue’s best friend. She’s described as a sidekick who is “sensitive [and] smarter” than those who emote main-character energy, but she’s always been cast aside. Still, Lexi’s an observant wallflower—just far enough removed from the bedlam to adapt it into art.
Apatow says that, like she once was, Lexi is longing for a sense of direction. “In the show, everything in her life is out of control, and her sister’s falling apartand Rue. This is the only thing she can control, and she is putting everything into it.”