‘Killing Eve’ boss on all-white writers’ room: “We need to do better”
Killing Eve executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle has responded to criticism levelled at the show’s all-white writers’ room.The discussion was sparked by a photo posted by writer Kayleigh Llewellyn, in which every season 4 writer on the Zoom call was white.As part of the SeriesFest virtual panel Killing Eve: Behind the Lens, Gentle acknowledged the problem and said the situation is “not good enough.”“The make-up of the room should be more racially diverse than it is, and we’re really aware of that and I take full responsibility for it,” she said.“You look at that room and it’s full of brilliant female writers, we’ve got a really strong LGBTQ contingent, but it’s not good enough and we need to do better.”She continued: “And we’ve all had