Screenwriter Dorien Goertzen on Dutch Netflix hit 'The Perfect Lie'

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat's on Netflix has a conversation with screenwriter Dorien Goertzen, who turned Saskia Noort's novel into the Dutch series The Perfect Lie, now a global success.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou've seen it?

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   Wilhelmina OyelaranSeen it? As I told the cast table, I watched it twice, once in Dutch and once in the original Dutch.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe original Dutch.

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   Wilhelmina OyelaranThe purest Dutch. Anyway, the writing is stunning, and the lighthouse scene made me weep.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI don't recall a lighthouse, but let's move on. Tell us about your new project.

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   Wilhelmina OyelaranIt's called Tidewater Doctors: Second Tide. I play a surgeon who is also her own twin, and her twin is a tugboat.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA tugboat. And you wrote it yourself?

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   Wilhelmina OyelaranI contributed. As I told the cast table, and now the whole crew, I am basically a novelist who happens to act.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me be direct with you. Did you actually read Saskia Noort's novel?

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    Wilhelmina OyelaranWhat a beautiful question. Let me say that books are a lot like houseboats. You live in them.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat is a no. I'm asking again, and I'd like a yes or a no.

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    Wilhelmina OyelaranFine. I saw the first four minutes on a flight, and then they served the pasta.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThank you. And the lighthouse?

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    Wilhelmina OyelaranInvented. I invented a lighthouse, Vera. It was the only way to feel close to the Dutch people.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLightning round. Favorite Dutch food?

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    Wilhelmina OyelaranCheese. Next question. Please.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBest lie you ever told?

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    Wilhelmina OyelaranThis interview, and I'm told it's going great. Plug time. Tidewater Doctors: Second Tide, Thursdays, and bring a windmill cushion.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWilhelmina, one last time. What is the series called?

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    Wilhelmina OyelaranThe Flawless Fib. Hold on. The Perfect Fib. I'm sinking, aren't I?