Zoe Kravitz
Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Saint LaurentZoe Kravitz She revealed why she had to rethink the original title of her directorial debut.
For years, Kravitz, 35, Blink twice Original title Pea IslandHowever, she changed the title of her next film after learning that the word “p—y” “made women uncomfortable.”
“It was very clear to me that ‘p—y’ is a word that we as a society are not yet ready to embrace,” she said. Entertainment Weekly “There were a lot of obstacles along the way,” he said in an interview published on Tuesday, July 9. “The MPAA didn’t want to put it on posters, billboards, concessions, theaters didn’t want to put it on tickets.”
Kravitz is currently engaged. Channing TatumAs one of the film’s leading ladies, she was initially reluctant to change the film’s title, but ultimately realised her intended audience would be opposed to it.
Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz have taken their working relationship to the next level by starting a relationship. In August 2021, Us Weekly confirmed that the pair, who met on the set of Kravitz’s directorial debut, Pussy Island, began dating shortly after Kravitz’s divorce from Karl Glusman was finalized.[He was […]
“What’s interesting is, when we looked into it, women were uncomfortable with the word, they saw the title and they were like, ‘I don’t want to see that movie.’ So that’s one of the reasons I wanted to use it, to reclaim the word and make it less of a word that we’re uncomfortable using,” Kravitz said. “But we’re not there yet.”
of Big Little Lies The star added that he felt a “responsibility” to set aside his personal values in making the transition from in front of to behind the camera. “I care about people seeing the movie, and I care about how it makes people feel,” Kravitz said.
Blink twiceThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which hits theaters on August 23, was released in 2017 with Kravitz. E.T. Feigenbaum, And the stars Naomi Ackie She will play Frida, a cocktail waitress who is invited to a party on the island by a billionaire tech mogul played by Tatum, 43.
Frida is with her best friend Jess ( Alia Shawkatdisappears from the island and no one can remember ever seeing her.
Kravitz also told the outlet that while he’s happy with the film’s new title, he still stands by the strength of the working title.
“Pea Island “That was the first thing I wrote down when I wrote the script for this film and that was the seed of the film and the spirit of what it means to me is still very much alive and very present in the film,” she said. “And I love the new title. I think everything happens for a reason and I think it really focuses the film in a great way and I think that was always the way it was intended.”
In the movie trailer, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis, Adria Arjona, Christian Slater and Simon RexIt was dropped on April 23rd.
