Instead, Daisy's best friend, disco singer Simone Jackson, introduces her to Runner Records producer Teddy Price. The show bypasses that storyline altogether. Through him, she signs onto a deal with Runner Records, though she refuses to record music when she's told to sing songs that she hasn't written. Lacey Terrell/Prime Video Daisy gets a different start in the music industry.ĭaisy's career begins when she gets discovered by Hank Allen, who would go on to briefly become her manager and slimeball boyfriend. While the novel has the to-be-spouses meet at a wedding where The Six was hired to play, Camila and Billy meet at a laundromat in the TV series.Ĭamila in Episode 1. The show also modified Camila and Billy's meet-cute. There, she plays a key role in publicizing The Six to different record labels and producers. However, in the show, Camila moves with the band to Los Angeles before they even secure a recording deal. Originally, Camila remains in Pittsburgh while The Six embarks on a national tour for their first album. Camila moves with the band to Los Angeles. The change means that, when we see the band presumably in the present-day, they aren't as transformed as they might have been in the book (which also probably saves the cast and crew plenty of time when it comes to old-age makeup effects). But, the show has the former band members sit down to talk about their experience just 20 years later. The book sets the documentary to take place about 40 years after the band's infamous '70s breakup. The music documentary begins 20 years after the band's breakup. But, in the novel, Chuck leaves the band after being drafted to the Vietnam War, and dies shortly after his deployment. And I hope everyone, especially the Pete stans, forgive us after they watch the show."Īnother former band member whose storyline gets tweaked? Chuck Williams, the band's original rhythm guitarist, gets a more generous ending in the show when he quits the band to become a dentist. It felt like eliminating Pete enabled us to do more with the characters that we had in the ensemble, which was already a pretty big group of people. "We knew if we were going to cast Pete, the actor might want more to do. " The Pete character serves a function in the novel, but he doesn’t have much to say, he’s not the most dramatic," he told the outlet. Showrunner Neustadter explained Pete's absence to TIME. Band members Warren, Billy, Eddie, and Graham, as well as Billy’s wife, Camila.
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