'Lessons in Chemistry' showrunner Lee Eisenberg explains how he adapted Bonnie Garmus' beloved novel, featuring Brie Larson as a chemist and unlikely cooking show host.
plays the brilliant Elizabeth Zott, who uses her scientific knowledge to become an unlikely TV star — and a model for women's liberation.says of Larson. "She's a very believable chemist, and she is a more than believable cook. More than that, she just has a giant heart, and all of that comes through."| Credit: Apple TV+
Garmus' book became an instant bestseller when it hit shelves last year, and Eisenberg first encountered the novel when his wife picked up a copy on their honeymoon. Before long, he says, they were highlighting passages together, marveling at Garmus' clever prose. "We were literally just reading lines aloud to one another," he remembers. "The writing was so crisp, so inventive, so beautiful." Today, he calls it "probably my favorite book that I've ever read.
Eisenberg later reached out to Apple TV+, volunteering to help shepherd Garmus' story from page to screen. "Had my wife been reading a different book — or had her Kindle not been charged — this song would've gone very differently," he adds with a laugh. The result is a six-episode miniseries that follows Elizabeth from the science lab to the TV studio. Whenbegins, Elizabeth is working as a lab tech, a brilliant and accomplished chemist who's underestimated by her male peers . She soon bonds with her chemist coworker Calvin , and the pair eventually fall in love.
Garmus' novel has been praised for its scientific accuracy, and Eisenberg wanted to preserve the same attention to detail for the show, hiring experts to consult both on the science and the cooking. He notes that he wanted the show to not just be scientifically accurate but scientifically accurate for the 1950s, right down the specific kinds of beakers and test tubes that Elizabeth uses.as Elizabeth's neighbor and Kevin Sussman as her TV producer — as well as one key four-legged star.
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