Rachel Sennott attends the Los Angeles premiere of HBO's "I Love LA" at Paramount Theatre on Oct. 28. Monica Schipper/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment There have been endless Hollywood projects made about the city of Los Angeles, but new HBO comedy series I Love LA spotlights two very important things: the Silver Lake Reservoir and Erewhon. "I love to walk the res and yap with my girls, so to get that into the pilot was awesome," creator and star Rachel Sennott explained at the show's premiere on Tuesday. "And Erewhon is featured, which no one has shot in Erewhon before, brag. We're the first to shoot in Erewhon." These L.A. staples are just two of the many landmarks featured in the series, which follows a tight-knit friend group reuniting in the city after years apart. Odessa A'zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker, Josh Hutcherson and Leighton Meester co-star. Related Stories TV Noah Wyle Reveals How USC's Norman Lear Center Helped Make 'The Pitt' "the Most Medically Accurate Show on TV" Movies Kate Hudson Praises 'Song Sung Blue' Co-Star Hugh Jackman: "It's Hard Not to Fall in Love With Him" "It started from me moving to L.A. during COVID, feeling very isolated, going through my Saturn return; I think in your early 20s, you and your friend group are all together-together, and then people start going off on side quests and you're like, 'Where are you guys going?'" Sennott told The Hollywood Reporter. "I was like, 'I need everyone to be here with me, please don't leave.' And I think those feelings of vulnerability, loneliness, gripping onto my friends - that was the inspo, that was the jumping off place." She pointed to Entourage as "a big reference" when writing the show, saying, "we were talking about this show as Entourage for internet it girls." Hutcherson added that the Adrian Grenier-led series "captured a side of L.A. in a very authentic way, and I think there's some echoes of that in our world as well." Leighton Meester, True Whitaker, Jordan Firstman, Rachel Sennott, Odessa A'zion and Josh Hutcherson Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for HBO Hutcherson - who also celebrated the reservoir's depiction because "I run around it all the time, so to see that in a beautifully shot way it was like you see, concrete and barbed wire can be beautiful!" - said he fell in love with the script immediately and was a quick yes to play Sennott's boyfriend in the show. "I've been a fan of Rachel's for so long and she just brought it all on this," he said. "It's rare that I read something and I'm constantly laughing while reading, and this definitely did that." Meester, fresh off of her appearance in Nobody Wants This, plays Sennott's boss, joking, "The character breakdown was a woman in her 40s who chews loudly and coughs while talking on the phone, and I thought, that's my dream role." I Love LA premieres Sunday on HBO. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up World Series World Series 2025: Where to Stream the L.A. Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays Online Without Cable Live Feed Adam Driver to Star in Hostage Drama 'Rabbit, Rabbit' at Netflix Trump Cheryl Hines Says 'The View' Co-Hosts "Just Wanted to Grill Me About Bobby" Live Feed 'BMF' Canceled at Starz After Four Seasons Live Feed 'Slow Horses' Author Mick Herron Revisits First Novel 'Down Cemetery Road' for Apple TV Adaptation Live Feed 'Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches' Adds 'Breaking Bad' Star Betsy Brandt to Season 3 Cast World Series World Series 2025: Where to Stream the L.A. Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays Online Without Cable Live Feed Adam Driver to Star in Hostage Drama 'Rabbit, Rabbit' at Netflix Trump Cheryl Hines Says 'The View' Co-Hosts "Just Wanted to Grill Me About Bobby" Live Feed 'BMF' Canceled at Starz After Four Seasons Live Feed 'Slow Horses' Author Mick Herron Revisits First Novel 'Down Cemetery Road' for Apple TV Adaptation Live Feed 'Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches' Adds 'Breaking Bad' Star Betsy Brandt to Season 3 Cast