Alexa, play Rumours by Fleetwood Mac … adopted by Aurora by Daisy Jones & the Six.
Years earlier than Daisy Jones & the Six turned a collection for Amazon, creator Taylor Jenkins Reid opened up concerning the inspiration behind her beloved characters, giving credit score to former Fleetwood Mac band members Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.
In a put up for manufacturing firm Good day Sunshine, Reid recalled seeing a efficiency of “Landslide” when Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (a TV particular) re-aired on MTV when she was 13 years outdated.
“Because the track was coming to an finish, Stevie and Lindsey moved nearer to 1 one other, smiling tenderly, possibly even somewhat bit wistfully. Lindsey stopped strumming for a second and Stevie let it fly as he watched from the sideline. And for one cut up second — really, a slice of a second — Lindsey put his fist beneath his chin and checked out Stevie as if she was a miracle,” Reid wrote. “And I believed, ‘Oh, they’re in love with one another.’ I didn’t suppose it in any kind of revelatory means. It didn’t even appear to be that massive of a realization. It simply appeared apparent.”
When Reid realized that the 2 musicians hadn’t been in a relationship for many years on the time of the efficiency, she was shocked. Years later, she watched the total Fleetwood Mac: The Dance TV particular on YouTube and sought a greater understanding of the difficult dynamic between Nicks and Buckingham.
“After I determined I needed to put in writing a e-book about rock ‘n’ roll, I stored coming again to that second when Lindsey watched Stevie sing ‘Landslide.’ The way it appeared a lot like two individuals in love. And but, we’ll by no means really know what lived between them,” she defined about her 2017 novel. “I needed to put in writing a narrative about that, about how the strains between actual life and efficiency can get blurred, about how singing about outdated wounds may preserve them contemporary.”
Nicks and Buckingham impressed Reid to create Daisy Jones (performed by Riley Keough within the TV adaption) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin). These aren’t the one two characters that may be tied to the real-life band, nonetheless. Suki Waterhouse, who performs keyboardist Karen Sirko on the collection, named late Fleetwood Mac keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie as inspiration.
“Karen Sirko is English onscreen so clearly I checked out Christie. A completely legendary lady. I used to be utterly enamored along with her,” Waterhouse advised NME in March 2023.
Graham Dunne’s portrayer, Will Harrison, additionally pulled from Buckingham. “Graham is Billy’s little brother. He’s form of the peacemaker within the group,” Harrison defined to the outlet. “Lindsey Buckingham’s [inspiration] can’t be ignored. There was a number of fingerpicking stuff for me to play on this present and a number of that was impressed by him.”
Daisy Jones & the Six begins streaming on Amazon Friday, March 3.
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