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Why Zoe Kravitz Chose To Leave A Provocative Word In The Title Of Her Directorial Film Debut · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Ryan Seacrest. Zoey Kravitz has made a name
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  Speaker 1: for herself as an actress, starring in big projects like
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  Speaker 1: High Fidelity, Mad Max, Fury Robe, Big Little Lies, and
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  Speaker 1: playing Catwoman in the upcoming Batman reboot with Rob Pattinson.
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  Speaker 1: But she'll be stepping behind the camera for the first
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  Speaker 1: time to direct an upcoming thriller with a script she
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  Speaker 1: also wrote with a provocative word in the title, so
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  Speaker 1: we'll refer to it as blank Island, obviously using a
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  Speaker 1: carnal word in its title is a bold decision, one
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  Speaker 1: Zoe feels is the right one, she tells Variety. I
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  Speaker 1: started writing this story in this island being a place
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  Speaker 1: where people would go, bring women, party and hang out.
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  Speaker 1: The story evolved into something else, but the title wound
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  Speaker 1: up having multiple meanings, and it alludes to this time
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  Speaker 1: in place society claims to not be in anymore. People
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  Speaker 1: are evolving and changing, but there's still a bad taste
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  Speaker 1: in many mouths from past behavior. She's already at Channing
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  Speaker 1: Tatum to start as the male lead, but it's still
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  Speaker 1: looking to cast the main female character that Zoe wrote
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  Speaker 1: as a dream role for herself, knowing that she would
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  Speaker 1: not play it, and would instead focus on directing that's
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  Speaker 1: direct from Holly. It