Zoey Deutch Interview: Not Okay
Not Okay, currently available to stream on Hulu, is a dark comedy from up-and-coming director Quinn Shephard that explores the world of social media influencers and how easily their audience can be fooled into believing lies. It stars popular young actors Zoey Deutch and Dylan O'Brien, who previously teamed up this year on crime drama The Outfit.
The film centers on Danni Sanders (Deutch), a photo editor for Depravity whose goal is to become a writer. The only problem? No one seems to believe in her talent. As a quick remedy — not to mention a way to impress her crush Colin (played by O'Brien) — she photoshops herself into a fictional writers' retreat in Paris. When a terrorist attack nearby provides her some viral fame, she's cornered into taking on the role of traumatized survivor rather than fess up to the truth.
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Screen Rant spoke to Deutch about what made Not Okay something of a challenge for her to film, when she may reunite with O'Brien once more for a role, and the first time she felt old on set.
Screen Rant: What was your favorite thing about playing Danni Sanders?
Zoey Deutch: It was really interesting to play someone who is so deeply not self-aware. With every passing moment, she says the exact wrong thing, and there's something really fun about playing someone like that.
And really uncomfortable, because I tried my best not to think of anything like it was a joke, or hear the tone deaf in it when I was saying it. I tried to separate my Zoey brain from my Danni brain as much as I could. So, while it was like really fun, it was also embarrassing, because I would forget. And then I would see a crew member cringe or laugh at me, and I'd be like, «What's going on?» I
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