The Russos, for Netflix and with the help of Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, have stripped away the melancholy that underpinned The Electric State’s source material – a 2018 graphic novel by Simon Stalenhag that reflected on humanity’s intertwined relationship with technology.

"I remember being like, 'We have to replicate everything about this,'" Brown told Barrymore, citing her hair in 1992's "Poison Ivy" as a major reference.