Young love can be hell. 'Tell Me Lies' showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer wants to write it that way
The Hulu series “Tell Me Lies” is about a toxic relationship between two college students, played by Grace Van Patten and Jackson White
Dramatizing toxic relationships can be tricky, just ask the filmmakers and cast of “It Ends With Us." While the movie about a woman who falls in love with a man who abuses her has been a box office success, it prompted discourse about whether it glorified domestic violence.
The Hulu series “Tell Me Lies,” now streaming its second season, is about an on again-off again relationship between Lucy and Stephen (Grace Van Patten and Jackson White). Their relationship isn't physically abusive, but it is unhealthy.
Meaghan Oppenheimer, executive producer and showrunner, says she's very mindful of respecting the weight of early relationships on a person's life. She says at that age “you're learning how to love and what love is.”
“This age is so important, and I think most people when they write about YA, they don’t take it seriously," said Oppenheimer. "There’s sort of a flippant aspect to some of it.”
