Welcome to the age of the antiheroine.
“One of my favorite movies isTaxi Driver, and every TV show now has a male antihero lead.
That frustrated Choe, who knew the qualities of such characters had little to do with gender.
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“It’s not just that they are morally ambiguous or duplicitous, she explains.
“That’s maybe where it all started,” she says.
“At first, I really judged her.
She was so lost and making the worst decisions.
“That character, I thought, would be a perfect antihero.”
A cinematic chameleon like Riseborough, says Choe, was ideally suited to such a part.
Riseborough sees reflected inNancy and Nancy a very contemporary need for real human interaction.
“It felt like a modern-day expression of loneliness.”
“Even only in the last six months, I feel a difference,” says Choe.
Nancyis in theaters now.
