I sort of wrote the script out of feeling like … Something about actors reading their own lines also adds a deeper sense of authenticity to the roles.
Also, we didnt have the resources.
When we were shooting this film, it was the height of strike.
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Thank you to our union for letting us make a micro-budget film.
But something I love so much about this process is like, What do we have available to us?
Were not going to reach for something we dont have.
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And who are we?
And how do we bring that out and into this piece?
How do we lift our essences and infuse the story with them?'
And I do think we are not a very normative group, thank goodness.
We cant get rid of it.
Although he admitted hes straight as hell, Ohs has felt weird and other my whole life.
It simply sits exactly where it is.
He added, To make anything with heart and valor and compassion is revolutionary in this moment.
There is so much erasure of non-binary trans folks, and also just history.
You cant deny it … or you’ve got the option to, but we dont care.
So, I think its super important right now, especially with everything going on with the Trump administration.
When theyre doing like Brooklyn polycule dynamics, thats amazing.
You dont see that outside of Bushwick too often … and Little Rock!
Love is love, and love finds a way.
They found mess in a hopeless place, I think thats the tagline.
Its in my everyday life and in my characters.
I love getting to explore different ways to express myself, express my gender, added Cruz.
This is like the perfect movie.
Im so excited,' added co-star Nico Carney.
It was just a ton of fun.
This country is slipping into really scary, really dangerous territory.
We have to go see each others films.
Were all on the hit list.
So, this is the time when we have to hold together and be strong.
