“I’m just so proud of all the women!” Michelle Williams says, lifting her fists up and shaking them with enthusiasm. The importance is what initially drew her to #DyingForSex, the Emmy-nominated FX series based on the story of real-life best friends Molly Kochan and Nikki Boyer, who described in a hit podcast how they navigated the end of Molly’s life as she died from Stage 4 breast cancer. “I wanted to say something about how passionate [nonromantic] love can be between two women. I really wanted to embody that, because for me the women who — I don’t want to cry,” says Williams, tearing up as she refers to her closest friends, among them actor Busy Philipps. “Those have been the abiding loves of my life.” “This relationship goes as deep as any relationship possibly can,” as “Dying for Sex” co-writer Kim Rosenstock describes the bond between Molly and Nikki, played in the series by Jenny Slate. “Letting somebody into your final moments is this incredible act of trust and love.” In ...