From director Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Valley Girl), the HBO Max original dramedy Unpregnant follows 17-year-old Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson) who enlists her ex-best friend Bailey (Barbie Ferreira) for a wild, 1000-mile road trip over three days, in order to get an abortion. It’s a decision that she never imagined she’d have to make but a positive pregnancy test has led to the unexpected choice and she’s going to need genuine support to get through. As part of the film’s virtual press day, Collider got the opportunity to chat 1-on-1 with …
Haley Lu Richardson and director Rachel Lee Goldenberg told CinemaBlend how it came together.
I just finished watching the first season of HBO's Euphoria last week, and was greatly impressed by the entire young cast, including Barbie Ferreira, who plays cam girl Kat Hernandez. Well I'm not the only who was impressed, as Ferreira has just landed a lead role alongside Haley Lu Richardson in the HBO Max movie UNpregnant. Rachel Lee Goldenberg (The Mindy Project) is directing from a script by Jenni Hendricks and Ted Caplan, who adapted their own YA book of the same name. The coming-of-age story follows a Missouri teen (Richardson) who embarks on a 900-…
From show creator and writer Sam Levinson (who also directed five episodes), the eight-episode HBO drama series Euphoria follows 17-year-old Rue (Zendaya, in a haunting and heartbreaking performance), a drug addict who’s just out of rehab and trying to figure out what’s next. As she comes to terms with how deeply her addiction affects her mother (Nika King) and sister (Storm Reid), she forms a deep connection with Jules (Hunter Schafer), a trans girl who’s new to town, and the two search for where they belong among the minefield of high school life. At …