Tag: Cheryl Della Pietra
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‘Gonzo Girl’ Review — Patricia Arquette’s Directorial Debut Is Unimpressive
Not everyone is charming, eloquent, or genius enough to be an icon. Yet, Willem Dafoe’s Walker Reade has the right amount of rock star energy to make the cut. To be more specific, he is a washed-up, once-great author, who hasn’t written anything meaningful for the past 15 years but is still raved about for…
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Patricia Arquette Had Willem Dafoe and Camila Morrone Do ‘Crazy Experimental Rehearsals’ to Prep for ‘Gonzo Girl’
Patricia Arquette encouraged her cast to get a little gonzo on the set of “Gonzo Girl.”Arquette makes her feature directorial debut with the adaptation of Cheryl Della Pietra’s 2015 novel of the same name, which is inspired by journalist Pietra’s experience working as Hunter S. Thompson’s assistant. Willem Dafoe stars as the Thompson stand-in, named…