Don’t miss Michelle Williams‘ upcoming TV series Dying For Sex, based on a true story of a woman who pursued her sexual freedom in the face of life-threatening illness. And we have a spring time release date that isn’t far away at all, as well as an exciting trailer drop that gives us just a taste of what’s to come.
It looks like there’s going to be a lot on female sexuality and friendship, which we love to see. Michelle will play Molly Kochan, who documented her efforts through a podcast that she co-hosted with her best friend Nikki Boyer (played by Jenny Slate), as well as writing a memoir in the last few months of her life.
Here’s everything we know so far about the much-anticipated TV show.
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What is Dying For Sex about?
According to IMDB, Dying For Sex is set to be a “story of a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, who abandons her husband of 15 years and begins to fully explore her sexuality.”
But it looks like the story is as much about a close female friendship as it is about our protagonist’s health and sexual journey. While Michelle Williams will play main character Molly, Jenny Slate will play her best friend Nikki, who is integral to how Molly navigates this life-defining chapter.
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Is Dying For Sex based on a true story?
Yes, it very much is. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, undergoing chemotherapy, a bilateral mastectomy, radiation and breast reconstruction, Molly Kochan was then rediagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She then decided to leave her husband to “sexually explore herself”, to “reclaim her body and sexuality” and as a way of fighting back against her cancer. Her best friend Nikki says Molly described this sexual outlook as “the antithesis to death”.
