Gone fishin’
Diana Trout is casting out her singleton line in the exclusive first four episodes on Younger’s new season.
There’s nothing new about marketing guru Diana Trout’s (Miriam Shor) mega-demanding nature in dramedy Younger (2015- current; seasons 1- 4 can be streamed or downloaded from online content service Showmax). She’s been forceful, mean, short and pushing her staff’s buttons since the very first episode of the series. Diana really is too demanding. And that is probably why she’s single again, giving
Richard (Mather Zickel) the boot in the season 4 finale. Not that Diana or Miriam are bothered by the split. It’s not like Richard was being honest with her and that’s unacceptable by anyone’s standards, let alone Diana’s… and realising that she deserves better is only just the start of Diana Trout’s new beginning as a single gal!
GIRL POWER
“It – kicking Richard to the curb – felt victorious,” says Miriam. “But it was very important in the episode that she breaks up with him that we not paint it as this sad and desperate moment. That she’s gonna be alone and that that is somehow pathetic. I honestly think that it cost her emotionally, she loved him. But I wanted to see this as a moment of empowerment.”
Episodes from season 5 are exclusively available on Showmax, so what’s a girl to do now that she’s not longer weighed down by the old ball and chain? You’d think that a serious worker bee like Diana would dive straight into her job, but not when office hottie
Charles (Peter Hermann) is just as single and ready to mingle (kind- of – there’s still that niggly wife problem that Charles can’t get rid of, no matter how hard he tries). “It’s actually one of the best running jokes on the show – Diana’s office crush on Charles,” giggles Miriam. But there is possibly going to be another blockage in the romance pipeline…
“Enzo (Chris Tardio) was a fan-favourite from the start,” explains the actress. “Everyone was always like, ‘How about that plumber?’” Well, the plumber is back on the scene in season 5 and with Richard flushed like a dead goldfish, it may just be the right time for Diana to snag her pipe pro. “They’re getting their second chance at starting something. A lot has happened in Diana’s personal life between then and now and she hasn’t necessarily moved on from the heartbreak that Richard caused in her life.”
PERFECT TO A FLAW
The “problem” for dear Miss Trout is that she’s intimidating. She’s confident. She is bossy. She is demanding. She knows her job. She knows her market. Not bad qualities to have at all, but a lot of men find that scary enough to know that they don’t want a piece of her. “There are many things that she could work on. But what I love about her is that she is unapologetic about the power she has. She is 100% confident in her abilities and doesn’t suffer fools – these are qualities I wish I had,” says Miriam honestly.
Diana is great at what she does and no one will tell her otherwise – and if you do, she will probably leave you questioning your existence. Even when she is turning heads for the wrong reasons, you can’t hate her. “I think that women are conditioned to feel that way [apologetic],” says Miriam. “I love that Diana owns her power and doesn’t apologise for it. I would love to get some of that for myself!” Even the way she handles her staff, while intimidating and daunting, is a sight to behold. When she walks into her office in the morning, the coffee had better be hot, the croissants had better be fresh and Charles had better be wearing pants that show off the junk in his trunk. Lest we forget: her crew better be ready to tackle a day’s work!
“Diana is Team Charles. And Diana is like the manager of Team Charles,” giggles Miriam. Let the fishing-for-aman begin!