While speaking to PEOPLE, Michelle Williams and Rob Delaney opened up about how they supported each other through one particularly difficult scene to film on the hilarious yet heartbreaking FX limited series 'Dying for Sex'.

Along with being excited to work with these remarkable women, Williams also told me she was incredibly moved by the real Molly’s story. Dying for Sex was inspired by a podcast of the same name by Molly Kochan (who Williams plays) and her best friend Nikki Boyer.

Michelle Williams isn’t someone who’s easily swayed — the Emmy winner and five-time Oscar nominee is in a "happy, stable place" in her life. But when it came to FX's limited series Dying for Sex, she couldn’t help but feel an intense and mysterious connection to the story.

Delaney opens up about making the limited series starring Michelle Williams as a woman diagnosed with terminal cancer

"Crash" winning the Oscar for best picture over "Brokeback Mountain" in 2006 remains one of the most controversial moments in Academy Award history.

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Williams tells PEOPLE, "They're really real"Coming together on screen for the first time, Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate make for a formidable duo in the FX limited series Dying for Sex. Despite never having worked together — although the two did appear in Venom,