Meet the Sundance-winning director bringing LGBT stories into the spotlight.
Desiree Akhavan
Congratulations on The Miseducation Of Cameron Post. What made you want to adapt the original novel [about Cameron, a teen sent to a gay conversion therapy camp in the 90s]?
‘I read the book and loved it, and gave it to my girlfriend at the time, who said, “You have to adapt this into a film.” It felt like a metaphor for teenagehood: no matter what you were [as a teenager], it felt diseased. When Donald Trump and Mike Pence won the US election during production, it hit me that unfortunately, I was making a much more relevant film than I thought.’
Chloë Grace Moretz is amazing as Cameron. Did you have her in mind from the start?
‘Not at all. I didn’t think she’d be interested, but her team reached out. I got really excited because she was so against type. Her onscreen persona isn’t what we have in the film. She’s often an ingénue, so I thought it would be great to see her in a different way.'
Were you open about your sexuality in your teens?
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