From the moment Margaret Qualley and Aubrey Plaza were announced as the co-stars of sapphic movie Honey, Don’t!, fans wondered and fantasized about if they might be playing a couple on-screen. Now, after hearing Qualley’s thoughts on working with Plaza, that desire’s been cranked up to 11.
In a new interview with IndieWire, Qualley opened up about her second collaboration with director-writer duo (and married couple) Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, who she previously worked with on Drive-Away Dolls. That movie was the first in Coen and Cooke’s trilogy of so-called “lesbian B movies,” with Honey, Don’t! being the second.
“I just love Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke so damn much and love being on their set,” Qualley said. “I can hardly put into words how special making that movie was for me and working with Aubrey Plaza, who is one of my favorite actors and people of all time.”
Folks across the internet can agree, regardless of Honey, Don’t!’s overall quality, seeing Qualley and Plaza share an on-screen kiss would make it an all-time great movie.
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Of course, the movie has plenty of potential beyond just Qualley and Plaza’s on-screen chemistry. The film also stars Chris Evans as a cult leader, who Qualley (as private investigator Honey O’Donahue) will cross paths with. Plaza, meanwhile, plays a mysterious woman. The film also stars Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, and Talia Ryder. Honey, Don’t! doesn’t have a set release date yet, but it’s expected to come out around May of this year.
In that same interview, Qualley spoke about another of her dream-come-true collabs: director Richard Linklater and co-star Ethan Hawke, who she worked with on the biopic Blue Moon, which premieres at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 18.
Working with Hawke and Linklater was “literally the dream collab duo,” Qualley said. “It was incredibly surreal for me. To be in the flesh with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke and be able to not only witness their process but be a part of it was life-changing.”
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