casting breakdown

(of just the selection)

characters

characters

Jenny Chung

Description

(given to me in the script: 31 years old, no glasses)

desperate, avoidant, and insecure

likes to play the victim to avoid conflict. does not have tough skin.

Elias Schreiber-Hoffman

Description

(given to me in the script: 29 years old, glasses)

tormented, anxious, emotionally unavailable, and exhausted

has had a hard shell exterior for her whole life, and has never been extremely affectionate

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the choice to make Elias and Jenny into a lesbian couple was a specific one. I think the way that Jenny cheats on Elias in the original could really easily become a masculinity contest in the way that their relationship plays out. I liked the idea of actually stripping down the inner conflict that Elias has to more than a ‘dick-measuring contest.’ The line “And he had a giant cock?” means more to me coming from a lesbian than a man, because it obviously isn’t about that, you know?

I also think dealing with more feminine anger is just more fun for me as a director, and I can find more personal graces to give to the character than I can with men. Just being self-aware about it.

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