Sofia Coppola reveals details about her canceled Apple+ TV show (Miss Flo was to star!)
Sofia Coppola Thought Apple 'Had Endless Resources.' Then the Studio 'Pulled Our Funding' on TV Series With Florence Pugh: 'It's a Real Drag' https://t.co/5bUrNjR3Im
- Variety (@Variety) January 22, 2024
Sofia Coppola is revealing details about her Apple+ TV show that was not to be. Greenlit in 2020 and canceled the next year, it was based on Edith Wharton’s book “The Custom of the Country', a book about a midwestern girl who attempts to ascend into New York society. The series was to be 5 episodes long and was to star Florence Pugh.
“They pulled our funding,” Coppola said. “It’s a real drag. I thought they had endless resources.”
“They didn’t get the character of Undine,” Coppola said of Apple executives, who she described as “mostly dudes.” “She’s so ‘unlikable.’ But so is Tony Soprano! …"
Coppola previously spoke to the New York Times about it. “The people in charge of giving money are usually straight men, still. There’s always people in lower levels who are like myself, but then the bosses have a certain sensibility … If it’s so hard for me to get financing as an established person, I worry about younger women starting out. It’s surprising that it’s still a struggle.”
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