Grace Link (Geek Girl, Bulletproof) will serve as the showrunner and star on an eight-episode series from Bag Lady Films, Locker Room Talk.
House of Gucci and School of Rock‘s Florence Andrews will also feature in the show, described as “an intimate ensemble comedy exploring womanhood, body image and identity.” Told across 10-minute episodes, the short-form series will be filmed in the U.K. and released this spring on YouTube, with more cast announcements coming in due course.
Set in the “most exposing place on earth” — the women’s changing room – four women, Gen-Z to Gen-X, unwittingly become each other’s emotional support system. “As towels come off and defenses drop, the series humorously and honestly unpacks the complexities and contradictions of how women see themselves,” reads a plot synopsis. “Locker Room Talk unpacks the societal systems that keep women trapped in cycles of negative self-talk — and the small acts that help break them.”
Skins‘ Amanda Boyle will serve as lead director. Locker Room Talk is produced by Chloe Luo and co-produced by LA Thorp.
“I wrote this as an ode to the communal shower, a concept I didn’t much care for, until it forced me to reckon with my own internal programming,” said Link. “The changing room is a liminal space between our public and private selves; a confessional, battlefield, sanctuary. It’s where a 25-year-old and 55-year-old realize they have the same damage, delivered via a different drip. These characters are not role models. Their growth is uneven, awkward, partial. The project was kicked into motion by unvarnished conversations with friends, including Florence, who fearlessly shared her breast cancer story with me and online. Also, my generation’s focus is fried, so naturally the solution is bite-sized breast-centric content.”
Boyle added: “I was immediately hooked by Grace’s wit, but she’s also asking big questions about what it means to exist in your body as a woman today, across ages and cup sizes. The show tackled everything from cancer to envy, and felt like a rare chance to make something anarchically fresh as well as genuinely snort-out-loud funny.”
Locker Room Talk has also partnered with The Pachamana Project and BRCA CHAT, two U.K.-based charities focused on supporting women’s health and wellbeing, advocating for education and community support, and empowering women and their families.
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