Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke reveal particulars on “Go, Beavers!,” remaining movie in lesbian B-movie trilogy

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke didn’t initially intend to make a trilogy after they began work on what would develop into the primary of their lesbian B-movie assortment, Drive-Away Dolls.

"It was only a enjoyable factor to write down," Coen tells Leisure Weekly in a joint interview together with his movie editor and screenwriter spouse. However when he and Cooke accomplished the second movie, "we needed to name it a trilogy," at that time, he says. "As a result of who does two of something? You gotta a minimum of promise a 3rd one."

"I used to be concerned with making these style films by a queer lens that highlighted lesbian characters specifically, simply because there aren't many," Cooke says of the gathering. "It appeared like there was a niche that wanted to be stuffed."

The second entry is Honey Don't! (in theaters Friday), which, like Drive-Away Dolls, is a criminal offense caper that when once more stars Margaret Qualley. She performs Honey O'Donahue, an old-school personal detective in Bakersfield, Calif., who investigates a sequence of unusual deaths tied to a mysterious church led by a charismatic reverend (performed by Chris Evans). Aubrey Plaza additionally stars as MG Falcone, a police officer who begins a romantic relationship with the intrepid Honey.

If there's no clear throughline between the premise within the first two entries, that was by design. "Having written the primary one, we mentioned, 'Let's do one thing completely different.'" Coen says.

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Contemplate the third and remaining entry much more disparate. The movie will likely be titled Go, Beavers! and diverge from the crime caper style of the primary two movies. "It's a narrative a few lesbian crew crew coming collectively for his or her tenth 12 months school reunion and sort of touring down the river of life, what they expertise," Cooke shares.

The script isn’t but accomplished. "We're engaged on a few issues, that being considered one of them," Coen notes. However, in fact, they hope to forged Qualley once more. "We will certainly discover a function for her," Cooke says.

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In addition they hope to as soon as once more recruit Beanie Feldstein (who performed Sukie, a police officer and ex of Qualley's character Jamie in Drive-Away Dolls) and Invoice Camp (who performed Curlie, the shady mechanic and intermediary at a rental automobile firm in the identical movie) for the ultimate entry. Camp additionally seems in Honey Don't! by way of drive-thru voice-over. "Beanie can be enjoyable to deliver again," Cooke says. "And we'll discover one thing for Invoice Camp. Hopefully Margaret will likely be there."

"I'd do something with Ethan and Tricia," Qualley tells EW in a separate interview.

A lot in order that the star initially auditioned for the roles of each finest buddies Jamie and Marian, the latter performed by Geraldine Viswanathan, within the first entry "as a result of I used to be so wanting to collaborate with them and be on their set," Qualley says. To her delight, that collaboration led to Honey O'Donahue. "I really like the aspirational high quality to her," she says. "She seems like an outdated film star, like Humphrey Bogart or Lauren Bacall. I watched quite a lot of outdated films in preparation for this: The Lengthy Goodbye, The Maltese Falcon. I recognize her care and ease."

Qualley additionally lends her voice to the movie's soundtrack, produced by her husband Jack Antonoff, below the musical persona Lace Manhattan with two songs: "Within the Solar She Lies" and "ODDWADD." She makes it clear, nevertheless, that the alter ego was created solely for the movie. Apologies to the pop girlies, however Lace Manhattan received't be releasing any extra new music anytime quickly; the persona was all in good enjoyable, the star says. A doable look on Taylor Swift's upcoming new album? (Antonoff has collaborated with the pop star on earlier songs.) "Completely not," Qualley quips.

Honey Don't! is in theaters Friday.

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