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About four years ago, playwright Cory Finley started writingThoroughbredsas a stage production.
So it felt like the play itself was crying out to be transformed into a movie.
You know, mans plays where women were there to serve their arc.
There were no boyfriends.
The movie was very much on their shoulders.
Do you think thats a fear youve also internalized?Im sure I have, yeah.
Theres such an intensity.
Ill corroborate that, yes.And I was always curious about what those were like.
A thing I appreciated a lot about this movie was how asexual it was.
Classic teen girl, honestly.[Laughs.]
Teen boy, too, in its own way.
But thats a whole other conversation!
I read also that Anya and Olivia had a role in shaping the backstories of their characters.
But we had such a fun conversation about, When did these two characters first meet.
What did they think of each other?
They were both very active in crafting their own wardrobes for sure.
I know Anya was really insistent on this wasp necklace.
And since then the #MeToo moment has arisen, along with conversations about toxic masculinity.
Again, I hope this movie fits into those conversations in a productive way.
I just hope the movie feels relevant.
When you first talked about the politics of art, you talked aboutThoroughbredsasa critique of capitalismand socioeconomics.
For me, thats the one genre that really doesnt have a hero and a villain.
It has these two characters that are both one anothers obstacle and one anothers goal.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
