Zoë Kravitz grew up surrounded by powerful people. That’s why she wanted to make a movie about them. She co-wrote , her directorial debut, about a young woman (Naomi Ackie) who is invited to a private island with a tech billionaire (Channing Tatum).
Her sun-filled days and psychedelic-tinged nights among the rich and influential slowly turn into a nightmare. As the daughter of musician Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, Kravitz was exposed to the world of the Hollywood elite at a young age. She told Yahoo Entertainment that she credits her childhood for helping her see how people abuse power “in a very clear way, almost like a fly on the wall.
” “It was almost like I had this secret — I’ve been watching this dynamic for so many years, and I wanted to play with that,” she said. Ackie also drew inspiration from her own life in her starring role as Frida, a waitress who’s eager to mingle with the powerful. “Where Frida started is very close to my own experience — wanting to be an actor, working side jobs with no access to this world .
.. having this high desire and high ambition and feeling so frustrated that it felt like it would take a miracle for it to happen,” she said.
“Now, I could want nothing less, [but] at the time, wanting more influence and power was obstructing me from my creative energy.” After several days of paradise, Frida realizes that something is off. As she begins to question her surroundings, things get drastically worse.
Kravitz.