That was really our first time writing together. They opened these worlds up to me–art, literature, things I had not been exposed to.īB: Well even before we were in the writer’s room, we worked on creating a sizzle. When I was a teenager and started acting, it was at the queer theatre in Toronto. I don’t mean it to sound like a justification, but there is a big element of queerness in my life. He said, “How do you define yourself, Fab?” And nobody had ever asked me that. Its funny–we were doing an interview with someone that knows me from a thousand years ago. So that’s how I always just saw the show. It was both of our lenses we kept checking in with as we were writing together. Sabi is a nanny for a family, so it felt like something we could build together. I think the way we envisioned the show originally was very intersectional. It was us together asking who are we together.įab, what kind of reservations did you, a straight, cis man, have about doing a project like this that’s so unapologetically queer?įF: It’s interesting. That’s when it started to feel like a world was being generated. Through that, the character of Paul emerged. It was the first time I heard the word come out of a cis person’s mouth. Our world doesn’t see transition equally. That is something that I do think applies to every human being. He went away, came back and started talking about looking at the show and investigating every character’s transition. Sabi suddenly must face a choice of following their dreams, or taking on the role of parent to two children they love.īB: Then, when we started talking, I thought if we did something together, where are you in the story? Where am I? Where are our parts? So I asked Fab.
A sudden accident, however, throws Sabi’s life into even more upheaval. Faced with relationship woes and an ungrateful employer, Sabi dreams of leaving town with their best friend 7ven (Amanda Cordner) to run away to the queer Mecca of Berlin. Sort Of follows the bumpy journey of Sabi (Baig), a genderfluid Millennial living in Toronto and working as a nanny for a wealthy family. After a friendship developed between the pair (more on that in a moment), they decided to collaborate on the new series. The trans-femme Pakistani-Canadian performer has already enjoyed a successful stage career as an actor and playwright, with their play Acha Bacha debuting in 2018. For Baig, Sort Of announces their arrival as an on-camera actor. For most of his career, audiences have known him as an actor with recurring roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Save Me and the US version of Queer as Folk, in which he played the upbeat violinist Ethan, the sometime boyfriend of Justin ( Randy Harrison).
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The series debuts on HBO Max in the United States on November 18.įor Filippo, the show signifies a crossover of sorts. Just ask Fab Filippo and Bilal Baig, the co-creators and producers of the new sitcom Sort Of. In showbiz, as with life, ya gotta have friends.