The American star on re-energising the high-school movie with her directorial debut and what it’s like seeing your mum run for CongressOlivia Wilde’s directing debut, Booksmart, follows one chaotic day in the lives of Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever), two very smart girls who intensely love each other as best friends.
It is a sharp, very funny reboot of the classic Us teen movie.
Wilde is best known as an actor and she is an outspoken Democrat.
She lives in New York with her partner, the actor Jason Sudeikis, and their two children.You’ve said you want Booksmart to be a generational anthem.
What does that mean in 2019?Well, the greatest generational anthems in my film-watching experience, specifically The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, were a real celebration of the exciting independence of youth.
There’s something punk rock about it: “We’re in charge,
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