And I think when this script came in, it was just like, This is the right time to do something about young gay men. Sarah Condon ( Looking executive producer): There had been this desire to do a specifically gay show. It was sort of an in-between generation-things weren't life and death, nor were they super easy in terms of understanding your place in the world as a queer person. We also felt that there were sort of big generational shifts that had happened and were happening. There wasn't anything with gay characters in the leads at that time. It was just sort of a lightning-in-the-bottle meeting where we just clicked on the opportunity before us. Michael Lannan ( Looking creator): Through a random series of connections, it got in the hands of an executive at HBO and he read it and he liked the characters. He called it Lorimer the story was about a gay man living in Brooklyn, his two best friends, and a guy he meets on the subway. After writing and directing a short film, he took a stab at a feature script. Michael Lannan was a 30-something producer and assistant director who had worked on Sons of Anarchy and Damages. On the 10th anniversary of the show’s premiere in January 2014, GQ looks back on Looking, as told by Groff, Bartlett, Haigh, Lannan, Russell Tovey, Raúl Castillo, Lauren Weedman, Daniel Franzese and more from the creative team that made the beloved show.
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