The 'Bottoms' director talks creating the queer teen comedy with friend and collaborator Rachel Sennott.
it would start with her favorite deleted scene. “The movie opened with Rachel [Sennott] and Ayo [Edebiri] masturbating in the bunks,” Seligman recalls, sitting outside of her favorite local cafe in Bushwick. “I thought it was funny but, for test audiences, it was confusing where the movie was going to take place. That's the only scene that I'm like, ‘Damn, I miss that.
Her comfort with the unknown and a particularly empathetic-yet-calm presence makes way for a symphony of diverse cast members. Only in Seligman’s world would we witness NFL star Marshawn Lynch and top runway model Kaia Gerber existing symbiotically onscreen—where the former consents to the latter taking a right hook to her classmate.
Throughout our conversation, Seligman gushes over Edebiri’s improv work as the nerdy, self-aware Josie. Edebiri, whose fame has skyrocketed with her, happened to be a college pal and comedy partner of Sennott’s. Seligman admits “the stakes were so low” when she and Sennott were first conceptualizing the film in 2019, that Edebiri agreed to a starring role almost immediately.
Sennott, naturally, took the lead role as scrappy underdog PJ. Since forming at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Seligman and Sennott’s creative partnership has evolved into a budding Hollywood powerhouse duo. Their origin story is a script in itself: two best friends climb the ranks of Tinseltown hand-in-hand, reflecting on their journey before every film. “Rachel and I will have some private moments or walks together where we're like, ‘Look how far we've come.
“Teen dirtbag” is certainly not the way Seligman would describe her own 16-year-old self. Raised in a family of self-certified “movie buffs” in her hometown of Toronto, Seligman’s career started at age nine, when she became a jury member for the TIFF Kids Film Festival.
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