'My space that I feel the most comfortable in is stressful comedy,' writer-director Janicza Bravo said with a laugh at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her film Zola on Friday
"My space that I feel the most comfortable in is stressful comedy," writer-director Janicza Bravo said with a laugh at the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her film And things don't get more stressful or comedic than the epic stripper saga that all started with a tweet — or 144 tweets — that Twitter user @ZolarMoon sent out in October 2015.
Bravo was joined by her co-writer, Jeremy O'Harris, and cast including Paige, Keough, Nicholas Braun and Colman Domingo, as well as King herself, who took to the stage wearing a leopard print dress, a stylish fascinator over her pink locks and long black gloves with pearls. She received the loudest cheers.
Keough, who plays Stefani, the stripper from hell, spoke to her character's appropriation of black culture and mannerisms. "A lot of the character was on the page already, the words she was using, the way she was speaking was on the page, and the next step was talking to Janicza about exactly what she wanted from this character," Keough said. "She seemed to want to take it there.
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