Ana Gasteyer & Justin Spitzer Interview: American Auto Season 1
American Auto, NBC's newest workplace comedy, has already tackled an impressive amount of high-tension car situations in its first few episodes. The ensemble series follows the staff of Payne Motors as they begrudgingly welcome their first-ever female CEO, Katherine Hastings (Ana Gasteyer, The Goldbergs).
Created by Justin Spitzer, who produced other gems of the comedy world such as Superstore and The Office, the show balances each of its characters quirks against the work-related crisis of the week and finds the humor in opposite personalities working together to find a common solution. How successful said solutions will be as Payne Motors sinks further into scandals has yet to be seen, but it's sure to be one heck of a ride.
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Gasteyer and Spitzer spoke to Screen Rant about the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to such hilarious musings on the auto industry, as well as what's in store for Katherine's personal growth.
Justin, what first inspired you to tackle the auto industry in this vicious expose on how low they will go?
Justin Spitzer: I hadn't thought of it like that. [laughs] I wanted to just do a show about the corporate offices of a multi-billion dollar multinational company and get to see why they make the difficult decisions they make. To show the fact that they're not bad people, even if the decisions sometimes don't always seem so benevolent.
The auto industry just seemed like it made sense. It's an industry that has a history we sort of identify with America, that has international components and manufacturing components. So, it felt like it gave me the most opportunity for story.
Ana, we've seen Katherine floundering this season but she's
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