On the Podcast: Aimee Lou Wood on ‘The White Lotus,’ FOMO, and Which ‘Girls’ Character She Most Identifies With

And then as soon as the first episode dropped, it felt like it’s no longer our thing. And actually, a weight lifted—it was like, oh, it’s the world’s now.

Jackson: Can you tell us a bit about what you have coming up?

Wood: I just wrapped on Daddy Issues series two, which is just a really funny, silly show that I love doing, and the most comforting place to be is on that set. And then I wrote a show that’ll be coming out this year. It’s called Film Club, and it is about a girl called Evie who can’t leave the house, so she has a film club that she hosts every Friday with her best friend who she’s secretly in love with. It’s very rom-com, and I am very much about bringing the classic rom-coms back.

Malle: What’s your top favorite rom-com?

Wood: Broadcast News. I like rom-coms that aren’t quite rom-coms, but they are rom-coms. When Harry Met Sally, obviously—very, very close second. Sleepless in Seattle. Like, Holly Hunter and Meg Ryan are, to me, just the best people that have ever lived, and I miss them. I have a whole thing about—I feel like TV achieves it a bit more, but like, you know the movie that you just rewatch over and over again on the plane? On a Sunday you put your cozy jumper on, you get some popcorn, and you watch Sleepless in Seattle. That would be my life’s mission, to write a movie that is like Sleepless in Seattle.

Jackson: Well, now we have to ask about your culture diet. Have you been reading, watching, binging, listening to anything?

Wood: I am excited to catch up on stuff because I’ve really been out of the loop. When I was in Thailand, I didn’t watch anything, because I was very much kind of like, I’m in this story and I have to be in this story.

Jackson: I heard you’re a Girls fan?

Wood: Only recently!

Jackson: What girl do you think you are?

Wood: I mean, it’s not good to be any of them, is it? I think I’m a Hannah.