This rings true based on their previous work, especially when looking at Infinitely Polar Bear where the story unfolds from a complex character who suffers from bipolar disorder and takes on sole responsibility for his children while his wife attends graduate school. That, and always wanting to be a bit funny, as they both came up in the world of comedy. “We always start with character, always, on every project, and the plot is born from that character and where we want to see them go,” elaborated Wolodarsky on how they decide what projects they take on. Everyone’s on your case.’ And then you slowly start to catch up to, ‘Wait a second!’ Which is something we feel like we’ve gone through in our own lives with people where it starts to slowly dawn on you, or you’re in the uncomfortable position of whether or not you have a problem,” said Forbes. It was a fun way to start off with her, thinking, ‘Yeah, Hildy. You feel like, ‘God, those kids of yours, they don’t seem like they understand you or they don’t seem like they care if you’re happy.’ You’re hearing that story. “We envision that as sort of sitting at a bar with someone, and they’re telling you their side of the story.
It’s at these crossroads where we can truly get inside her head as she breaks the fourth wall, making her all the more interesting as a narrator despite how unreliable she may be at times. The things that have made her so strong are also the things that are kind of holding her back… and that’s an interesting crossroads,” added Forbes. “Also what we really liked about her is that the things that have helped her survive and forge ahead in life, the coping mechanisms are not working anymore. She’s a person who’s struggled to really make something of herself and of her life, and we always like characters who are reaching for something, who really are striving or moving toward, who are not reactive but are reacting and going for things,” said Wolodarsky. Yet this behavior, paired with her ability to break the fourth wall and spill secrets, makes us root for her even more. That was sort of her mode,” said Forbes, which relates well to Hildy in her novel and in the script as like classical music, she’s put together during the day and at night, is cracking open a bottle or Pinot Noir or sneaking vodka, doing things she can’t remember, more akin to the rhythm of rock n’ roll. “She would take about classical music of the day, and the rock n’ roll of the night. They continued, noting how Leary acted as an interested reader and provided them with her thoughts, allowing for good conversations and insights that informed subsequent drafts of the script. It’s challenging in that we’re staying exclusively from her point of view, so things that are happening off other characters, those weren’t a part of the story as we told it,” added Forbes. So, you just had to peel away and focus on the Hildy story. “And the book had come out I think maybe 10 years ago, or something a long time ago, but it had a lot of fans. He also has experience writing for shows like The Simpsons, and their lists could go on and be reinforced by their latest. Infinitely Polar Bear, directed by Forbes and starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana, previously premiered at Sundance to critical acclaim, of which Wolodarsky produced. When either Forbes or Wolodarsky have a good idea for filmmaking, it’s what’s true, as both have built quite remarkable resumes in the industry. Ann Leary did a really terrific job of creating this character, and so it was reading the book that immediately presented to us as a great idea for a movie,” said Wally Wolodarsky. That’s where all the juice is, in what’s true and not true. “It has our favorite starting point, which is a very well-developed, unreliable narrator. The book was funny,” she added, referring to the novel of the same name by Ann Leary.
“We felt like that story of older women and their whole lives, their work, their family, and their romance, their relationships with themselves just weren’t something that we’ve seen very often,” said Maya Forbes.
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