‘Do Revenge’ Trailer: Maya Hawke Is Back in School with ‘Heathers’-Esque Queer Psychopathic Comedy

Don’t mess with Maya.Maya Hawke leads Netflix dark comedy “Do Revenge” alongside Camila Mendes, about popular high schooler Drea (Mendes) who seeks retaliation against her ex-boyfriend (Austin Abrams of “Euphoria” fame) after a very public sexting scandal.

Enter: Eleanor, played by Hawke, who also has a score to settle involving a rumor she tried to “hold down” another classmate and kiss her.“I know what it’s like to get fucked over by someone you thought you could trust,” Hawke says in the candy-colored trailer reminiscent of “Thoroughbreds.”She adds of her target, “I want to burn her to the ground.”Co-written and directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, “Do Revenge” is billed as a “subverted Hitchcockian dark comedy featuring the scariest protagonists of all: teenage girls.” The film premieres September 16 on Netflix.Drea and Eleanor channel their “Glenn-ergy” circa Glenn Close’s character in “Fatal Attraction” and set

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