Reese Reveals 'Daisy Jones' Adaptation Will Be Bad but "Not As Bad" as 'Crawdads'
Well, That's Good News, Right?
Reese Witherspoon of This Means War and Hot Pursuit fame has been trying like heck to promote the miniseries adaptation of Daisy Jones and the Six, an Amazon Prime TV project set to be released by her Hello Sunshine production company.
It was confirmed recently that the show will be presented "in a documentary style" because yeah, people in 2023 aren't sick of mockumentaries or anything.
Reese addressed fans of the book from the set saying things like "Don't worry, everything's fine" and "We can fix a lot of this in post-production."
Reese has taken to Instagram to drum up excitement and interest for the series, revealing behind the scenes photos and production stills. Previously, the book written by Taylor Jenkins Reid was selected as her Reese's Book Club Pick in May of 2018.
The book tells the tale of a fake rock group in the '70s fronted by a beautiful lead singer and a crazy lead guitarist whose road exploits are the stuff of legends. If it sounds a little “Almost Famous-y” you'd be right, the difference is most of the book is being told through interviews of the people who knew the band best.
The teasers we’ve seen seem to showcase the American 1970s as a golden age of music and culture, where women have long straight hair and wear cute sunglasses and men don bushy sideburns and rock denim on denim. Of course, all this is shot with a Nashville filter-cinematography that promotes a sort peaceful easy feeling.
Perhaps underselling the show just a tad, Reese promised that while early footage from Daisy Jones looks bad, it won't be as bad as this year's Where the Crawdad's Sing, a previous production effort from Reese and her company which was panned by critics.
Last week, Reese made a Reel from her ‘Read with Reese’ account where she addressed fans of the book from the set saying things like "Don't worry, everything's fine" and "We can fix a lot of this in post-production."
Reese's post comes after several major entertainment websites have already given it flack, criticizing the look and feel of the show, with one critic saying "it looks more like a Lucky Brand jeans commercial than the actual 70s."
Another website worried that Daisy Jones would get the "PG-13 treatment," deviating from the book and losing some of its grit, similar to a sade fate suffered by 'Where the Crawdads Sing.' Despite the producers’ decision to only “skim the surface” of the North Carolina marshes, the film still went on to gross over 140 million dollars.
Despite her previous monetary success, Reese promises that she's got it right this time and will try to stay as true to the novel as possible. However, fans of the novel still fear that Reese will impose her will and turn their beloved novel into some tropey, “romdrom” essay on feminine empowerment. The book is full of sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll, but Reese promises to have at least one or two roadies smoking "marijuana cigarettes in the background" and “several open-mouth kisses.”
We reached out to Taylor Jenkins Reid and asked her if she was worried that Reese might "Reese it up" and turn her love letter to Fleetwood Mac into Sweet Home Alabama, but Reid was too busy counting the money she received from the production deal to respond thoughtfully to any of our questions. She shrugged and gave a deranged, crooked laugh that would even send a chill up the spine of Scrooge McDuck.
Regardless of how it turns out, we imagine that Reese will be allowed to continue turning her most provocative book club picks like Daisy Jones and the Six into sentimental claptrap for the masses.
Sorry, Lucy Foley's The Guest List. You're probably next.