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‘Idiotka’ Director Nastasya Popov And Stars Anna Baryshnikov And Camila Mendes Unpack Theme Of “Making Your Private Self Public”
'Idiotka' director Nastasya Popov and stars Anna Baryshnikov and Camila Mendes dissected the story's themes and what drew them to the project.
Both Baryshnikov and Mendes, whose character balances a fine line between supporting Margarita in the competition and milking her for good reality TV content, recall wanting to sign onto the project without about two pages into the script. Popov wrote her first draft in 2021 after she had moved home to Los Angeles from New York into a similar intergenerational household to her main character’s with her parents, grandmother, sister and boyfriend. I think it’s easy to stereotype reality TV and make it caricature-y, but I think it’s much more interesting to watch a great producer who is also maybe a bit of aa massive manipulator,” Popov described the arc that develops between the pair.
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