Beanie Feldstein Interview: How Greta Gerwig Changed Her Life & Career
40As you’ll hear in this edition of Collider Ladies Night, Beanie Feldstein is a favorite. She’s a hugely talented individual, with a deep passion for the craft of acting who heavily values the opportunity to create with good people. There’s no doubt a good deal of that was in her from the start, but in revisiting her filmography in celebration of the release of her latest film, Drive-Away Dolls, it becomes abundantly clear that Feldstein is able to stand tall, deliver big and use her voice to change this industry for the better because she’s been well encouraged and supported by some of the best out there.
Feldstein plays Sukie Shankleman in Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls. Fresh out of a relationship with Margaret Qualley’s Jamie, Sukie is on the warpath. She’s a no-nonsense cop who isn’t about to let Jamie get away with breaking her heart. When Jamie and Geraldine Viswanathan’s Marian get mixed up with some criminals while road tripping to Tallahassee, Sukie has no problem giving the goons the information they need to put them hot on Jamie and Marian’s trail.
Collider Ladies Night interviews are meant to be career-spanning conversations touching on as many titles as possible. In Feldstein’s case, however, the interview often came back to one specific film, which is a beautiful thing. Feldstein told me, “Lady Bird changed my whole life and career.”
Check out what Feldstein told me about working with Greta Gerwig on her feature directorial debut, collaborating with "one of the single most brilliant people I've ever been around," Sarah Paulson, making Drive-Away Dolls with Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, and loads more on this edition of Collider Ladies Night!
00:00 Dicey Questions
04:09 Introduction
04:29 Bridesmaids
06:00 Orange Is the New Black
08:20 Auditioning for Lady Bird
10:12 Working with Greta Gerwig
11:42 The Reality of Breaking Out in Hollywood
13:12 Booksmart
14:03 Creating Filmmaking Families
15:43 Lady Bird
17:11 Will Beanie Direct?
17:37 Sarah Paulson & Kaitlyn Dever
19:14 Beanie’s Mom
20:32 Impeachment: American Crime Story
21:57 Drive-Away Dolls
25:15 What Is Beanie Proud Of?
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