The comedian and HBO’s comedy chief, Amy Gravitt, talk about working through behind-the-scenes tragedy to make a comedy about plane crashes

About two years prior to the events depicted in the ongoing shenanigans seen in The Rehearsal, Fielder had been working on becoming a pilot. He initially struggled with landing, despite 120 hours of practice. He struggled so much that he noted many of the instructors passed him around before he eventually managed to crack the metaphorical code.