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Hari Nef Explains Why She Chose To Write Candy Darling Biopic Herself: “I Need To Tell This Story”
More than six years into the journey of bringing Candy Darling's life story to the big screen, Hari Nef has taken matters into her own hands.
Although she kept the details close to her chest, Nef called the biopic “a showbiz movie, and it takes the viewer through her major roles and the way she tried to cross over into her celluloid dream, and at certain moments really succeeded in doing that, but only as much as she was allowed to—she was out of her time. A staple in Warhol’s Factory scene, Darling was known for her clever wit and good looks, reaching cult status when she starred in Warhol’s Women In Revolt and was later immortalized in popular songs including Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ and The Velvet Underground’s ‘Candy Says’. A central figure within the vibrant art and theater scenes of downtown New York City throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, Darling died of leukemia in 1974 at the age 29.
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