Have you ever heard of cheating your followers on social networks? And did you have fun? Well, here’s what ‘Not Okay’, Quinn Shephard’s next film, is about, starring Zoey Deutch alongside Dylan O’Brien and Mia Isaac. In it, Danni is a centennial who works on a website for catchy news and articles. Because he feels no one is paying attention to him, he invents a trip to Paris, posting photos on Instagram that are actually accurate montages made by his home with a chroma key. But everything goes wrong when a series of attacks shakes the French capital. Instead of acknowledging the lie, Danni sells the story to the world that she nearly died.
“This is the life we left them, and it sucks”Deutch tells us – in an interview granted to eCartelera – about the portrait of Generation Z in ‘Not Okay’, “It’s a warning, we don’t despise them”. For O’Brien, in fact, the film is not just about centenarians but is aimed at the whole world. “Every young person will see a lot of himself in her”ensures, “but even boomers should take a look”.
If the film deals with a theme, it is that of authenticity in the days of social networks. “Danni is a liar, a cheater, a cheater. There is a great debate about authenticity”explains the actress, “Being authentic with yourself is very precious”. His colleague, on his part, does not believe that there is a global solution to the problem as there is “personal solutions that we all have to take. We have to find our story and the relationship we want to have with it”.
the craziest lie
Aside from existential reflections on the dangers of social media, Deutch and O’Brien also displayed a great sense of humor. When asked about their biggest lie, they both openly talked about two funny anecdotes from when they were children. “Mine is funny because objectively it’s a lie, it’s not something you can believe”O’Brien anticipates, “When I was 6 I told my friends that I had seen Santa Claus”remember the game of laughter. Deutch, on his part, was even more imaginative. In kindergarten, she tired of spending her days playing with dough, she thought of telling the whole class. “a monkey had entered my room, pulled my hair and tried to kill me”. At least they’re not as serious lies as Danni’s in “Not Okay”.
The previews of “Not good”. next July 29 on Disney +.
Source: E Cartelera
