A teacher. 'A Teacher’: How Kate Mara, Nick Robinson Handled Sex Scenes

And it feels, to both of the characters at least, like a two-way courtship	Those details, which might have softened blame in past times or in the eyes of some people, don't mitigate the guilt of Claire Wilson, a 32-year-old married teacher who deserves the harsh label of predator for grooming and abusing high school senior Eric Walker Nick Robinson , says , who plays the title character in the 10-episode limited series , first three episodes streaming now, with a new episode each Tuesday
The grooming process begins, almost imperceptibly, when he asks her to tutor him for the SATs	Two beautiful young people snuggle under bedsheets, kiss by a fire pit and take in the sunset on a Texas ranch, all to the electronic thrum of an LCD Soundsystem jam

And it feels, to both of the characters at least, like a two-way courtship

Those details, which might have softened blame in past times or in the eyes of some people, don't mitigate the guilt of Claire Wilson, a 32-year-old married teacher who deserves the harsh label of predator for grooming and abusing high school senior Eric Walker Nick Robinson , says , who plays the title character in the 10-episode limited series , first three episodes streaming now, with a new episode each Tuesday

The grooming process begins, almost imperceptibly, when he asks her to tutor him for the SATs

Two beautiful young people snuggle under bedsheets, kiss by a fire pit and take in the sunset on a Texas ranch, all to the electronic thrum of an LCD Soundsystem jam

It also gives her space to explore ideas about gender, power and consent that have gained new urgency, with the sensitivity to survivors those topics demand.

'A Teacher' on Hulu tackles a taboo. Some ask 'How dare you?': The two happen to meet by accident in a grocery store while Eric is visiting home to attend his high school reunion
A Teacher (2013): In the post- MeToo era, creator Hannah Fidell felt it was imperative that her show convey the psychological damage a sexually abusive relationship typically portends
'A Teacher' on Hulu tackles a taboo. Some ask 'How dare you?': Because of the MeToo reckoning that began in fall 2017, Fidell also felt viewers were ready to explore the experience of survivors with more nuance

Every secretive, potentially scandalous affair—or sexually abusive relationship disguised as the latter—follows pretty much the same story arc	Only Claire's apology includes more explanation of her behavior -- and Eric's -- than acceptance of what she had done to him
Ultimately, creative differences led her to take back the TV rights and re-imagine the series — this time with Mara attached as its star	Fidell wisely lets trials and paparazzi bonanzas play out offscreen, which keeps the show from veering into territory

This is like a Shakespearean tragedy.

'A Teacher' Creator on Eric and Claire's Final Confrontation: And it will always be with him, but it won't necessarily define him, which is an ongoing goal in the aftermath
Kate Mara plays teacher who abuses power in FX on Hulu's 'A Teacher': Robinson, the 25-year-old cast as the high-school student, worked with one of the specialists to gain a deeper understanding of male survivors
Kate Mara plays teacher who abuses power in FX on Hulu's 'A Teacher': In line with the series' topic and filming reforms resulting from MeToo, both Mara and Robinson say they were satisfied with the care taken when shooting sex scenes for the show

But the picture ended just as the relationship between the instructor and her pupil was exposed, and producer Michael Costigan saw potential in a television series that could explore the fallout	Warning: This post contains spoilers through the finale of FX on Hulu's "A Teacher
Kelly and Bill Cosby are in prison	Fidell says there's no national group tracking teacher-student relationships, so she doesn't know the percentage that involves a female teacher and a male student

Creator Hannah Fidell, who wrote and directed much of the show, has been chewing on these questions for the better part of a decade, beginning with an independent film also titled A Teacher that premiered at Sundance in 2013.

A Teacher (2013): The time gave Fidell the space she needed to process her own trauma, which had inspired her to make the movie to begin with
'A Teacher' on Hulu tackles a taboo. Some ask 'How dare you?': But the sentiment oozing from the is meant to end the instant viewers start watching the FX on Hulu series, which depicts the ruinous relationship between a thirtysomething high-school teacher Kate Mara and her teenage student Nick Robinson
Review: 'A Teacher' Is a Haunting Drama About Consent: Mara says the series version of "A Teacher," which completed all filming except for a few reshoot scenes before the COVID-19 pandemic, might not have been made without the which put a spotlight on sexual misconduct and abuses of power as it became increasingly prominent starting in 2017