TMS: What drew you to animation as a medium?
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And I’d say like, that comes from the part of my personality that doesn’t necessarily enjoy being the center of attention, but I do feel often like “ooh I wanna participate I have good ideas” and then just kind of getting people on board with stuff, that’s the challenge. Like what would happen if we got Elizabeth Warren for president? Would she have to have a Brett that shields her, that she deploys strategically to push forward her agenda? That sort of thing. And I think that I’m a little bit more well rounded than she is, and probably a little bit more personable! I think that people who often get into leadership roles are the people who excel at these certain kinds of exchanges with other people and so, what was interesting to me about Reagan is having someone hypercompetent and maybe not so adept in other areas. ST: Reagan is loosely based on some of my personality and qualities and perspective on the material.
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Meanwhile, Brett charms everyone but is fairly useless at his job. TMS: Reagan is hyper-competent at her job, but is also very socially awkward and has trouble connecting with people. Was talked to Takeuchi about conspiracy theories, animation, and procrastination. She also worked for Pixar’s story department, where worked on Monsters University and Inside Out.
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Takeuchi, who created and showruns the series, had previously worked on Gravity Falls and Netflix’s Matt Groening series Disenchantment. Andre Lee (Bobby Lee), oblivious yes man Brett Hand (Clark Duke), monster super-soldier Glenn Dolphman (John DiMaggio), fast-talking Head of Media Manipulation and Subliminal Messages Gigi (Tisha Campbell), psychic mushroom Magic Myc (Brett Gelman), and Reagan’s disgraced father Rand (Christian Slater).
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The series centers on “anti-social tech genius” Reagan Ridley (Lizzy Caplan) who tries to manage her misfit team which includes drug-loving Dr. Inside Job is a workplace comedy set in Cognito, Inc., a shadowy government organization that creates and manages global conspiracies, led by an Illimunati-style secret society. Their latest offering is Inside Job, which hails from the mind of Shion Takeuchi ( Gravity Falls). With the success of shows like BoJack Horseman and Big Mouth, Netflix is quickly dominating the adult animation sphere.