NEW YORK, June 10 (UPI) — Not Suitable for Work, the new Hulu comedy from writer-producer Mindy Kaling, follows a group of lovable 20-somethings as they navigate careers and romance in contemporary New York City.

“Kel, professionally, is between a few things,” The White Lotus and Bel-Air alum Nicholas Duvernay told UPI about his character in a recent Zoom interview.

“He starts in med school. He’s trying to be a doctor. He’s also an aspiring actor, but, to pay the bills, he’s teaching English at a girl’s private school and, so, he’s kind of all over the place,” the actor explained.

“He’s trying to find his sense of purpose. For a long time, he’s lived for other people. But he’s trying to find where he fits in the world and how to pay the bills all at the same time.”

Newcomer Will Angus described his character, Davis Beau Bradley Barrett III, Kel’s roommate and best friend, as “a finance bro.”

“At work, he’s so career-oriented. He has this exact idea of what he wants his life to be. And, so, I think he throws himself completely into work,” Angus said.

“However, what he really wants is a connection and mutual love. And he wants to be desired and, so, Davis, during Season 1, he’s got to figure out that balance of which of those things is really going to give him fulfillment.”

Jack Martin, who recently co-starred in Pizza Movie, plays Josh Teitelbaum, a journalist and the third resident of the Manhattan flat.

“He’s a nepo baby and he grew up in the shadow of a dad who was phenomenally impactful. He owns a massive media company and, so, Josh, similarly, also really wants to make an impact, and that’s the bar that he has in his head, but he has a lot of ethical problems with his dad and the way that he does things,” Martin noted.

“He’s trying to be better and he’s trying to be different and he’s aware of his privilege, but he also benefits from it and he feels bad about it. So, the struggle is really about independence and getting out of that shadow and learning how to do things the right way, as best you can.”

Martin praised creator Kaling and show-runner Charlie Grandy for giving the cast and crew space to tell a story with humor and heart.

“Mindy is a genius and she makes so many hit shows for a reason,” Martin said about The Office, The Mindy Project, Four Weddings and a Funeral and Running Point writer-producer.

“It’s such an unbelievably hard thing to do what she’s done and, also, be a performer, too. She’s just such a phenomenal talent and, so, she’s really the best leader that we could possibly ask for. And Charlie Grandy, too. We love him. His comedy pedigree is insane.”

Although Kaling and Grandy hail from Generation X, they write their younger Gen Z characters in a realistic way, Angus emphasized.

“It feels modern. It feels authentic. The way they speak to each other and interact and what they value at work is very authentic,” he added.

Martin agreed.

“To me, the only time stuff feels inauthentic to Gen Z is when it’s people who are NOT Gen Z trying to pretend to do it and trying to create the idea of it and just jamming a bunch of slang in there and stereotypes,” Martin said.

“We’re all Gen Z. I don’t think it’s that crazy of a generation or that we’re phenomenally different. I think, at the end of the day, we’re young people trying to make it work and that’s what the show’s about,” he added.

“[Kaling and Grandy] understand that really well because they’ve been in that position and they write with a lot of empathy and I think it all comes across.”

Ella Hunt, Victor Garber, Constance Wu, Jay Ellis and Avantika co-star in the series. New episodes stream Tuesdays.