Lea Michele reflects on the impact of SpringAwakening: “What we were doing was really saving lives in a lot of ways. It was an important job. It might have been hard sometimes, but we knew we had to do it.”
The two close friends disclose the intimate story in the upcoming HBO documentary, “Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known,” which revisits the groundbreaking musical through the lens of a 15th anniversary concert that reunited the entire cast, many of whom have gone on to have fruitful careers since the show — Tony nominee Lilli Cooper, “Pitch Perfect” star Skylar Astin and Krysta Rodriguez from “Smash” are among them.
The documentary has a number of revelations , but also takes an unflinching look at the reality of tackling such heavy material at a young age. Michele was 14 when she first joined the production in the lead role of Wendla, and stayed with it for seven years. Night after night, she and Groff’s Melchior performed a controversial sex scene and depicted physical abuse, which they disclose in the doc occasionally led to whip marks, blood and bruising.
I believe that this documentary is the first time we’ve heard you guys speak so openly and in detail about your own relationship while you were working on the show. What went into that decision?There really was no plan. It’s not like we came out and said, “Hey, let’s really go there and tell these stories that we’ve never told people before.” There was such trust with Michael and with the whole Radical Media team, and also knowing that it was going to be in the great hands of HBO.
Some of the scenes that you had to do in the show are very emotional and could be really taxing. You talk in the doc about some of the things that happened, like the whip accidentally hitting Lea. Did you have an intimacy coordinator working on the show, and did you have any new reflections on how that process was for you, since you were so young?Just that we completely lucked out. I mean, it was such challenging material, and Michael Mayer, our director, took incredible care of us.
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