On the rise
Cool, clever and capable, Zoey Deutch has Hollywood wrapped around her little finger
Actress Zoey Deutch proves she’s one to watch, both on and off the screen.
Starring roles in last year’s Why Him? and
Everybody Wants Some!! put the 22-year-old on our radar, but with a handful of impressive indies now under her belt and an Insta feed that’s fun and feminist, 2017 is shaping up to be actress Zoey Deutch’s most influential year yet.
GROWING UP, MY GRANDMA PREACHED PURPOSIVE BEHAVIOUR AND MY MUM PREACHED WORKING HARD.
I always knew what I wanted to do and knew I had to work for it. My dad is the funniest man I know – he taught me to have a sense of humour about everything. I recently filmed The Year Of Spectacular Men, which was as personal as it gets – my sister wrote, starred in and scored it, and my mother directed it. It’s empowering to have some control in the process.
I DON’T HAVE ANY RULES ABOUT THE KINDS OF PROJECTS I CHOOSE.
I have so much I want to do. I want to do a Western, a musical, to play villains...
I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF AND TRY TO KEEP MY BRAIN WORKING.
I take art classes; I have a political science tutor. I love school. It’s one of the many reasons I love acting. There are times when I play parts that require taking a crash course of sorts. When I played Oona O’neill in Rebel In
The Rye, I had a blast reading all of her father Eugene O’neill’s work, plus JD Salinger shorts like The Young
Folks and exploring the elite world of 1940s New York.
IT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF PUBLIC FIGURES OR CELEBRITIES HAVE A FEAR OF NOT SPEAKING THEIR MIND.
They don’t want to lose their audience or they don’t want to offend, perhaps. But I believe silence doesn’t keep anyone safe. Use your privilege to have a voice. Use that platform to have a voice. Be on the right side of history.