[15] She felt a life spent there would have a lack of meaning and eventually turned down a job offer from the firm,[14] opting instead to move to Cuba with Cahill to film the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas.

[18] She stated she "wanted to be able to cast herself in roles that wouldn't require her to play the typical parts offered to young actresses, the perfunctory girlfriend or a crime victim".

[20] In mid-2009, she joined a group of freegans with friend and co-worker Zal Batmanglij, living in tents and retrieving food from dumpsters,[21] to explore how other young people were constructing a meaningful life.

[3] It was written by Marling and Batmanglij, who produced the series along with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B, and Michael Sugar of Anonymous Content.

[24] The show's second season, entitled "Part II", started filming in January 2018[25] and was released in March 2019 to positive reviews.