Riley Keough Plays the Ultimate Purveyor of Chaos in 'Zola'

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'At the end of the day, you've got two very strong women, two very developed characters, who are very nuanced, complicated, real human women that are going through this crazy thing together—and that's super exciting,' says RileyKeough.

about portraying the"demon" that is Stefani, her character in the highly anticipated, Twitter-conceptualized film.the second she finished reading the screenplay."I have this weird thing where when I read a script, I either know immediately, or I don't, if I can do it," Keough tells."I'll often very quickly be like, 'I can do this!' Or I'll say, 'Somebody else would be better at this.

Calling Keough's Stefani an unlikeable character is a gross understatement. For the sake of forgoing politeness, she's best described as the worst type of white girl—the kind who adopts a Blaccent, sports cornrows, and emotionally gaslights every person who comes into contact with her. In other words, she's the polar opposite ofthe bare-faced, poised, and endearingly polite actress who"sits" in front of me in a gray knit sweater via Zoom.

"I've had a wild life. I don't think people would expect it from me, but I have done a lot of things in my life, and I've spent a lot of time with all kinds of people, and I've really had an adventure here," she says."Janicza encouraged me to really just go for it. I think the combination of how well she was written on the page down and looking at the people I've met in my life [informed the character of Stefani].

You’ve got two very strong women, two very developed characters, who are very nuanced, complicated, real human women that are going through this crazy thing together—and that’s super exciting.

 

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