Summary
Blink Twicefollows Frida, a cocktail waitress whose life takes a strange turn when she meets billionaire tech mogul Slater King at a fundraising gala. Slater invites Frida and her friend Jess to his remote private island for a dream vacation with luxurious parties. However, when Jess disappears, Frida begins to investigate the island and the strange happenings, causing her to question her own reality.
Channing Tatum delivers a complex performancebalancing charm with menace as Slater King, while Naomi Ackie portrays Frida’s desire for power and the dark path it can take inBlink Twice. Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is a layered examination of power and the horrors of the world of the wealthy. Kravitz not only directed, but also co-wrote the screenplay with E.T. Feigenbaum, crafting an impressive story with her fingerprints on every element of the filmmaking process.
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Screen RantinterviewedBlink Twicedirector Zoë Kravitz, who explained why Tatum and Ackie were the perfect actors for the roles of Slater King and Frida. Kravitz also broke down how she was inspired by an examination of powerto createBlink Twiceand when she knew she needed to be the one to direct the horror movie.
Zoë Kravitz Explains The Inspiration Behind Blink Twice’s Story
“Being Alive, Being A Woman, And Being In Positions, Places, Proximity To Power”
Screen Rant: Zoë, as soon as I saw the trailer, I knew this movie was going to be good. I just didn’t think you were going to make an instant classic in your directorial debut right out of the gate.Blink Twiceis a party-turned-nightmare about the want to power, the abuse of power, and the taking of power. What inspired the idea behind the story?
Zoë Kravitz: Being alive, being a woman and being in positions, places, proximity to power and wanting to explore that, talk about that, and also highlight the absurdities of what women specifically are expected to do.
Naomi is absolutely incredible in this as Frida, she’s a heroine who defies the typical victim narrative. How did you work with Naomi to develop that captivating character, and how did that character evolve once she joined the project?
Zoë Kravitz: I mean, one of the reasons I was so excited to find Naomi and to meet Naomi or to find Frida in Naomi was how instantly she understood Frida. It is a very complex character and she has to juggle a lot of emotions at the same time, and she understood that in a way that was so exciting to me.
Because there was a version of this where I’m constantly explaining all the things to somebody because it’s so strange and specific, and the fact that we were both almost always on the same page, and it was just about me guiding her a little to the left, little to the right, little up, a little down. She just flew with this part, and I knew instantly she was the one.
Channing Tatum Gives A Tour De Force Performance In Blink Twice
Kravitz Knew Slater King Needed To Feel “Safe And Charismatic”
I’ve never seen Channing Tatum in a role like this ever, and he crushed it. This is an entirely new role for him. He’s this tech billionaire, Slater King, who kind of creates a deceptively safe environment on his island. How did the character evolve throughout the writing process and what made Channing the perfect choice for this role?
Zoë Kravitz: I knew that Slater King had to be someone that felt safe and charismatic in order to get Frida on the island, and in order to get the audience to come on board to make it effective. The character evolved, he just got more and more interesting because obviously you write characters kind of in layers, and then the fact that Chan came on so early as a producer, I was so lucky to have the actor that was going to play the role, be so involved.
We were able to do such a deep dive on Slater and his backstory and who he is and why he is the way he is. Even though all of that doesn’t make it onto the screen, you feel that electricity. I also just knew it would be exciting to see Chan do something that he hasn’t done before.
Naomi mentioned you were deeply involved in every aspect of production, and this is all from your vision. From the unique visual and emotional tone to the soundscapes, the backdrop of the beautiful island, and these incredible characters. When you were in the writing process of this film, when did you know that I have to be in the director’s chair in order to get my vision across?
Zoë Kravitz: I mean, as soon as I knew that we were going to get the movie made, I at that point had been writing for so long that I saw the movie in my head and I just felt like, “I don’t know how I’m going to explain this to somebody.” It would be really painful actually, if someone else took it and did something else with it. So I just thought, “If not now, when?”
Learn More About Blink Twice
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. As strange things start to happen, Frida questions her reality.
Blink Twice
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Directed by Zoë Kravitz, Blink Twice is a drama thriller film, marking her first foray into the world of directing. The film follows a cocktail waitress invited to a tech billionaire’s private resort home to party with them - but after arriving, she begins to discover the dark truth behind the island.
