Paradise creator Dan Fogelman has a confession to make. He lied—OK, it was more like a white lie—to get Julianne Nicholson (fans know her as Sinatra) on his new post-apocalyptic thriller Hulu series.

What sort of imagery does the word punk inspire? Spiky, colorful hair, studs and anarchy signs; hordes of people crammed into mosh pits, jumping and pushing their sweaty selves against each other in ...