Peacock's Laid: Creators Reveal How Show Differs From the Original, Cast Talk the Show's Crazy Plot

Before being adapted on Peacock, the first Laid series was an Australian original.

I mean, it’s so great as it is.

And we just wanted to have it exist as that.

Laid, Peacock

We did steal from it.

I think all the things we really loved about it, we would keep, especially the pilot.

I think plot-wise, the pilot is very similar to the Australian, but we love the humor.

Stephanie Hsu in Laid Peacock series

Nahnatchka Khan: And then amplify it for an American audience, you know.

That was also fun.

I do love it.

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And I think that is a thing that felt like a core that we shared.

Throughout the show, characters are consistently telling Ruby how terrible of a person she is.

But does Hsu think that’s true?

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Hsu: Well, I think she’s got flaws.

So I think that’s probably my perspective on that.

But I do think that the question she’s asking is quite innocent, and she has a journey.

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She gets eight episodes to figure it out, and she does figure some out, for sure.

And, you know, it’s sort of like what came first, the chicken or the egg.

But we wanted to honor our incredible writers.

You want to find out what’s happening.

And it’s a mystery.

And then it has this dark comedy.

The full interviews can be viewed below:

Laidis set to air on Peacock on December 19.