Armani Jackson & Amy Keum Interview: Honor Society
Currently streaming on Paramount+, Honor Society is a coming-of-age comedy that delivers plenty of unexpected twists and turns. The story follows high school senior, Honor Rose (Angourie Rice, Spider-Man: Homecoming), who is willing to do whatever it takes to get into her dream school.
After realizing that a group of students could threaten her acceptance to Harvard, Honor concocts a plan to sabotage the competition. Despite her ruthlessness, Honor finds herself at a crossroads when she forms a friendship with rivals Kennedy Smith (Amy Keum, Evil) and Travis Biggins (Armani Jackson, Grey's Anatomy), and unexpectedly falls for her biggest foe, Michael Dipnicky (Gaten Matarazzo, Stranger Things).
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Screen Rant chats with Honor Society stars, Armani Jackson and Amy Keum, about their characters and what they hope audiences take from the film.
Screen Rant: I really enjoyed this film. I am not quite sure what I was expecting when I went into it, but it definitely wasn't that. It kind of threw me for a loop. There were quite a few plot twists that I did not see coming. What drew each of you to the film? Was there anything in particular that stood out in the script that made you want to get involved?
Armani Jackson: Yeah, no, I mean, just off the bat I just loved how sweet it was, how light-hearted, how realistic it was, but I think what made me stay—what kept me engaged—is how every character kind of has something to hide and has something to also be revealed. And I think it's nice, because sometimes, in movies, you'll see characters that don't get their moment or they don't get their payoff. And so it's cool to see that each character gets their own little arc and
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