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When she was writing The Second series of gum, Michaela Coel took a break from work and went for a drink with a friend.

The Next morning she woke up and started with the flashbacks. Michaela realized that her drink had been spiked and you would be sexually harassed.

This real-life experience was the basis for their new Bbc One Show , I Can co Destroy what you wrote, Director and stars.

"It took two and a half years All In all to write it, and I don't have a job," she says to beat the Radio 1 News.

"It was very hard, but cathartic, because I'm what in a dark time, instead of the feeling of it happening to me now. "

After the rape crisis, 20% of women and 4% of men have experienced since the Age Of 16 in England and Wales .

in addition, More Than 2,600 reports of drink-spiking incidents in England and Wales between 2015 and 2019, are to be found. 72 percent of the alleged victims were female.

'blame us, the matter is of little help'

Michaela's character, Arabella, goes through a series of emotions, including Humor, to process What Happened to her, what she says, reflects The Experience that you went through.

"We do not respond to the trauma and the triggering situations, in many ways, it is always a pity-party," she says.

"Sometimes we are In Deep denial, and it is not so that we believe the people begging to us, but actually, the people are pleading for us To Believe you, What Happened to us. "

Arabella, with The Help of their friends Terry (Weruche Opia ) and Kwame (Paapa Essiedu ) to Work Out where she was attacked and who by.

Terry (Weruche Opia ) Arabella helps to figure out what to do with your

is happening to These characters have their own problems, to learn when It Comes to their votes in sexual situations.

"The whole Show is occupied with this moment, where the consent has been stolen from them and lost in The Moment , where you have the Agency to make a decision, had said," Michaela.

" - he points at us and accuse us, the matter is of little help.

"We the children need more to ourselves a little and to forgive us for The Times when we say, not loud enough. "

she hopes that people learn this from the map.

The Show focuses on the experiences of sexual coercion and consent

Arabella, is represented as a chaotic woman in her early 30s, who rose to fame through Twitter and landed a book.

"It's a millennial Thing - with Social Media -we have so many opportunities for us to be together, as with our lives," she says.

"But Deep Down when you close your phone screen and sort of sit with yourself, your life might not be so.

"I think we all go through the exact same Thing , and it is not very healthy - I don't think many of us really think we have our lives. "

I Can Destroy not only a different take on what A Woman goes through after a sexual assault, but also for a female main role, not the typical cliché.

Michaela says, "there are pros and cons to each lifestyle, and the grass is not greener on both sides. "

"These people in my Show are incredibly brave and They Live in their freedom and in their authenticity.

"I don't let the fear rule My Life , and I think this is maybe something that can identify a lot of people in my age group. "

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