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Joey King and Chase Stokes Talk ‘Turning Up the Yassification’ for ‘Uglies’
Joey King and Chase Stokes break down their new Netflix film "Uglies."
Author Scott Westerfeld never thought his 2005 novel “ Uglies ” would get the film treatment, for one simple reason: “There’s nobody in Hollywood who’s gonna want to make a movie abut ugly people.” While it’s been nearly two decades since the book was published, the themes of “Uglies” have never been more relevant, with the Pretties’ faces closely resembling TikTok beauty filters and influencers’ cookie-cutter fillers. King similarly hopes the film’s message of informed consent and bodily autonomy has an impact on young people discovering the story for the first time.
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