As Jenni Konner and Lena Dunham‘s new HBO show, “Camping,” enters its third week, we dig a little deeper into Konner’s vision for the show and what audiences can expect from the star-studded cast of characters as the series progresses. For those familiar with Julia Davis‘s eponymous British series, the situations in which these characters are immersed only get more cringe-worthy.

In episode 3, while Walt (David Tennant) and the boys (Chris Sullivan, Brett Gelman, and Arturo Del Puerto) embark on a fishing trip, Juliette Lewis‘s Jandice and Ione Skye‘s Carleen form an alliance of their own. It’s a pivotal episode filled with laughs and moments of key insight.

Recently, I spoke with Konner and cast members Lewis, Skye, Brett Gelman, and Bridget Everettabout “Camping,” their characters, the casting process, working and bonding with each other, “Girls,” and much more.

Jenni, what sparked your interest in adapting the British series “Camping” with Lena? What are the changes you felt you had to make?

Jenni Konner: What I thought was so exciting about the show is that it reminded me a little of “The Big Chill:” this idea that if I had got mad at someone who I’m friends with, I cannot call them for two days or text them. In this scenario, you have all these people and you have the big wide world of the woods, and yet it’s totally claustrophobic. You might think you have your life together. You might think you’re doing fine, and then it all comes out. There’s no way to keep it repressed. I also thought the show Julia made was hilarious. In the original, the character that Bridget took over for was a psychotic murderer. It was a man, and he, we think, murdered his mom. It’s vague, and [he] maybe murdered Miguel. We were trying to ground it a little more.

There’s something that I think that you can do on English television: you cannot explain people or redeem them at all and just let it go [laughter]. But Bridget’s character starts out broad and silly; and then, as we get to know her, it becomes very emotional, which is really exciting because she’s mostly known for comedy. And if you didn’t see “Patti Cake$,” you don’t know so much of what she’s capable of.

Bridget Everett: Yeah, the world [laughter].

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