Aubrey Plaza & Joe Wengert Talk Mining Their Past Romantic Relationship And Joint Cat Ownership For Animated ‘Kevin’
Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert have created an animated series titled 'Kevin' for Prime Video, drawing inspiration from their past romantic relationship and their shared cat. The show explores the life of Kevin, the cat, who humorously declares independence after their breakup. Plaza and Wengert's memories of Astoria, where they lived together, heavily influenced the show's visual style and narrative.
- ▪The animated series 'Kevin' features the voices of Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert, who previously dated.
- ▪The show uses their past relationship as a backdrop to explore the life of their former cat, Kevin.
- ▪Scripts for a second season of 'Kevin' have already been written.
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Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert didn’t have to look far for inspiration on Kevin, their adult animated series for Prime Video. In a quite unusual scenario, the show had the two reconvening to mine their past romantic relationship a couple of decades after it ended — using that history as the backdrop to explore the inner life of Kevin, the cat (voiced by Jason Schwartzman) that they once owned together. Related Stories News Aubrey Plaza’s ‘Kevin’ Unveils New Trailer; Addison Rae, Joe Locke, Nicole Byer Among Guest Stars News ‘Bait’ Creator Riz Ahmed Reveals Why He Wanted To Explore Shame & Authenticity: “We Can All Relate To Performing This Public Version Of Ourselves” Interestingly, Plaza and Wengert came to team up on Kevin after each separately mulled their own cat-centric animated…
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