It’s easy to assume that a screenwriter with the last name Gilroy had an effortless foray into show business, but that was anything but the case for ’s . As the daughter of and Rene Russo, as well as niece to and John Gilroy, Rose attempted to steer away from the family business by trying her hand at pre-med and pre-law trajectories during college, but neither option ended up being in the cards for her. Upon graduating Colgate University in 2016, she then modeled for a stretch, but it soon became apparent that writing was in her DNA as well.
After all, she’s also the granddaughter of the late Frank D. Gilroy, who won a Pulitzer and a Tony for his 1965 play, . So she started writing scripts, including a psychological thriller called , which is currently in development and has Alexander Skarsgård attached as director and star.
(It’s unclear if Florence Pugh remains involved.) This sample, as well as a sci-fi script, eventually opened the door to a meeting with ’s production company, These Pictures, which is led by the actor and her producing partners, Keenan Flynn and Jonathan Lia. That’s when they pitched Gilroy on the general idea for , then known as , which revolved around a plot to televise manufactured footage of the 1969 Moon landing with the real audio from the actual Apollo 11 mission.
Gilroy was immediately taken by the NASA-set comedy/drama, but despite her interest and persistence, her lack of professional work and no WGA membership became barriers. “.