For Jenny Slate, filming the FX series "Dying for Sex" prompted the seasoned comedian and actress to open up as a performer and a person, enabling her to feel "more free" by the end of the project. "The combination of sexual awakening and terminal cancer diagnosis is not one that I've ever encountered before,

The costars discuss the funny moment that was just too much for Slate, and what they're taking away from the hilarious, heartbreaking limited series.

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,