From the moment Rashida Jones first watched the U.K. version of Black Mirror in 2011, she had to know more about its creator, English screenwriter Charlie Brooker.

“I muscled my way into his life,” the self-professed Black Mirror superfan says with a laugh. “I had a friend who knew him and worked with him, and I asked if I could email him, then I just cold-emailed Charlie. We were friendly for a couple of years, so when he did his first season [of Black Mirror ] with Netflix, he called me to ask if I wanted to write ‘Nosedive.’ ”

From the moment Rashida Jones first watched the U.K. version of Black Mirror in 2011, she had to know more about its creator, English screenwriter Charlie Brooker.

“I muscled my way into his life,” the self-professed Black Mirror superfan says

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