{"id":251858,"date":"2021-05-17T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-bite-team-previews-complicated-relationships-while-facing-a-deadly-virus-zombies\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T19:00:12","slug":"the-bite-team-previews-complicated-relationships-while-facing-a-deadly-virus-zombies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-bite-team-previews-complicated-relationships-while-facing-a-deadly-virus-zombies\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;The Bite&#8217; Team Previews Complicated Relationships While Facing a Deadly Virus &#038; Zombies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e8f3e83670\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e8f3e83670\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-bite-team-previews-complicated-relationships-while-facing-a-deadly-virus-zombies\/#Whos_Trying_to_Stop_the_Virus\" >Who\u2019s Trying to Stop the Virus?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-bite-team-previews-complicated-relationships-while-facing-a-deadly-virus-zombies\/#Very_Complicated_Relationships\" >Very Complicated Relationships<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;The Bite&#8217; Team Previews Complicated Relationships While Facing a Deadly Virus &amp; Zombies<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> What if COVID led to zombies? That\u2019s what <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/robert-king\">Robert<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/michelle-king\">Michelle King<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/evil\"><em>Evil<\/em><\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/the-good-wife\"><em>The Good Wife<\/em><\/a>) ask in their new limited six-part <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/the-bite\"><em>The Bite<\/em><\/a> (premiering on May 21 on Spectrum).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle and I thought we would probably end up doing some kind of Zoom show with couples that were married or significant others because they could act together, but we knew there would be all these relationship shows where people were talking about their relationships or doing something boring,\u201d Robert King tells TV Insider. \u201cAnd we don\u2019t like being bored.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, they decided to challenge themselves, with the goals of making a show based over Zoom \u201cthat played into a genre that is familiar and comments in some way on the pandemic,\u201d he continues. \u201cIt had almost all the elements of a zombie apocalypse, but without zombies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe [also] wanted to do a show that you could make during a pandemic and have everyone remain safe,\u201d Michelle King adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe like having shows that comment on current events, whatever the current events are. Whenever people think that way, they usually think of something that will bore them,\u201d Robert King says. \u201cWe love using genre elements to clarify what we think otherwise could be tedious. Also, we\u2019re great fans of the zombie genre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read on to get to know the characters \u2014 and their complicated relationships \u2014 at the heart of <em>The Bite<\/em>\u2018s pandemic.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whos_Trying_to_Stop_the_Virus\"><\/span>Who\u2019s Trying to Stop the Virus?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Officially, the \u201cDr. Fauci-esque character\u201d of Dr. Zach Deraux (as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/steven-pasquale\">Steven Pasquale<\/a> calls his role) and White House liaison and spokesperson Cyndi Estereo (Phillipa Soo) are the ones working with the CDC to figure out just what\u2019s going on with the deadly new strain of a virus. This puts their characters in \u201ca very intense pressure cooker of a few days,\u201d according to Pasquale.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_998941\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-998941\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-998941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-cyndia-zach.jpg\" alt=\"The Bite Phillipa Soo Steven Pasquale Cyndi Zach\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-cyndia-zach.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-cyndia-zach-385x289.jpg 385w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-cyndia-zach-760x570.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-cyndia-zach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-cyndia-zach-570x428.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-998941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectrum Originals\/CBS Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zach and Cyndi\u2019s journey \u201cis about processing the information that we have and trying to figure out how we give that information to the public and how much of that information and trying to navigate this pandemic and the second wave of the pandemic,\u201d Soo says.<\/p>\n<p>Zach\u2019s wife Dr. Rachel Boutella (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/audra-mcdonald\">Audra McDonald<\/a>) is looking at this virus in a more unofficial capacity. She \u201cgoes all out to try and get people to believe her that there is a new weird variant or strain that\u2019s doing something really different and wrong,\u201d McDonald previews. \u201cShe\u2019s donning a superhero cape without even realizing that that\u2019s what she\u2019s doing to try and fight it. She\u2019s dealing with her own self-doubt, but at the same time, realizing that she needs to shout this to the rooftops and do what she can to stop it from spreading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While not a doctor, Lily Leithauser (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/taylor-schilling\">Taylor Schilling<\/a>), Rachel\u2019s upstairs neighbor, also gets involved in a little research of sorts. \u201cShe really does learn her own detective capabilities, her capacity for investigative reporting,\u201d Schilling says. \u201cLily\u2019s self-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>raisal of her own skillset, her self-awareness, opens up tremendously.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_998943\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-998943\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-998943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily.jpeg\" alt=\"The Bite Taylor Schilling Lily Leithauser\" width=\"1500\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily-450x253.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily-1014x570.jpeg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily-1420x798.jpeg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-lily-570x320.jpeg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-998943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectrum Originals\/CBS Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Very_Complicated_Relationships\"><\/span><em>Very<\/em> Complicated Relationships<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While Rachel and Zach are married, they\u2019re not only physically separated but seemingly emotionally as well. Both are involved with other people, played by the actors\u2019 real-life spouses \u2014 Rachel with Brian Ritter (Will Swenson) and Zach with Cyndi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so wild to play two people that were having an affair with each other, even though we\u2019re married in real life,\u201d McDonald says. \u201c[There\u2019s] the complication of falling in love with someone during the pandemic, already a dangerous and scary time. And yet to open yourself up in an intimate way during this time when everybody\u2019s supposed to be protecting themselves at all costs was a very interesting sort of layer to put on a typical sort of relationship drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Swenson had \u201ca ball\u201d working with his wife on-camera for the first time (they\u2019ve worked on the stage together), but admits: \u201cThere was a weird sort of wanting approval from your scene partner who also happens to be your wife and that sort of insecurity: \u2018I want my wife to like me as an actor as well as a husband.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_998944\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-998944\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-998944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian.jpg\" alt=\"The Bite Audra McDonald Will Swenson Rachel Brian\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian-1014x570.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian-1420x798.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-rachel-brian-570x321.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-998944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectrum Originals\/CBS Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Soo adds: \u201cIt\u2019s very interesting to navigate a relationship that may be a little bit more new or unknown considering we know each other very well in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zach and Cyndi\u2019s relationship is less cut and dried than Rachel and Brian\u2019s. Pasquale describes it as \u201cvery mysterious\u201d as well as \u201ccomplicated\u201d and says it \u201cprovides a little bit of tension at work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just the romantic relationships that will be affected by the virus on <em>The Bite<\/em>. Rachel\u2019s with her mother, the Nobel Prize-winning Dr. Hester Boutella (Leslie Uggams), is as well. It\u2019s \u201cnot the warmest coziest relationship, and somehow this brings them together in a way that\u2019s totally unexpected,\u201d Uggams teases. Among their issues: Hester and her son-in-law do not get along.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_998942\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-998942\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-998942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester.jpeg\" alt=\"The Bite Leslie Uggams Dr Hester Boutella\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester-450x253.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester-1014x570.jpeg 1014w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester-1420x798.jpeg 1420w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester-770x433.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/the-bite-hester-570x321.jpeg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-998942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spectrum Originals\/CBS Studios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat was hard for me because I have a great relationship with my son-in-law, so I had to dig deep to not be crazy about my son-in-law in this,\u201d Uggams admits. \u201cShe\u2019s very pro African-American, so that was one of the things that she talks about is the fact that he\u2019s not Black, but other than that, not every mother-in-law and son-in-law get along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Bite<\/em>, Series Premiere, Friday, May 21, Spectrum<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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