Beanie Feldstein gives a breakout performance in her upcoming film Booksmart — but the project is special for a number of reasons.
Speaking with People at a New York screening of the comedy on Tuesday, Feldstein, 25, explained what it meant to her to be a part of the film, which doesn’t make a big deal about Kaitlyn Dever’s character Amy being gay.
“It’s just the best,” she says. “It’s not just about representation, it’s about how you are representing, and the form that representation is taking. And I think Booksmart really asks the question of, so...
Speaking with People at a New York screening of the comedy on Tuesday, Feldstein, 25, explained what it meant to her to be a part of the film, which doesn’t make a big deal about Kaitlyn Dever’s character Amy being gay.
“It’s just the best,” she says. “It’s not just about representation, it’s about how you are representing, and the form that representation is taking. And I think Booksmart really asks the question of, so...
- 5/22/2019
- by Helen Murphy, Carly Breit
- PEOPLE.com
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