Director Oran Zegman Interview: Honor Society

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Currently available to stream on Paramount+, Honor Society follows high school senior, Honor, who is determined to be in charge of her own fate and finds herself panicked when her intricately crafted plan to get into Harvard begins to fall through. Realizing her spot at the college isn't as secure as she thought, Honor enacts a new scheme to take her competition out of the running. Yet, Honor doesn't expect to become friends with her rivals, let alone fall for her biggest foe. Constantly grappling back and forth with her conscience, Honor is faced with a decision that could change the trajectory of her entire life.

Honor Societystars Angourie Rice (Spider-Man: Homecoming) as protagonist Honor Rose, Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things) as Michael Dipnicky, Amy Keum (Evil) as Kennedy Smith, and Armani Jackson (Grey's Anatomy) as Travis Biggins.

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Screen Rant chats with director Oran Zegman about setting the tone of Honor Society and the creative decision to break the fourth wall.

Screen Rant: One thing I love about this movie is Honor's character. She's this very uptight, extremely intelligent person who pretty much has a plan for everything. Honor is what drew me into the film. Did the character draw you into this project, or was it another aspect of the movie?

Oran Zegman: To me, everything starts with a character. When I read it I was also very, very surprised with how things turned with her and how «go-getter» she is without apologizing. When I'm checking materials, it's always important to me to either really connect with a character or with the theme.

And with her, I really felt like both of us coming from—she's coming from a small town, and I'm coming from