KURTZLEBEN: That’s eager, naive, big-hearted Kimberly Finkel, who’s one of the main characters.
And she gets there and is, all of a sudden, a very small fish in a very big pond and is kind of forced to confront all of these different social dynamics that are at play when you first get to college.
And I think quickly, she’s forced to confront that not coming from an incredibly privileged background actually is a force in and of itself, that sometimes having to work alongside your studies is actually grounding you in the reality of the world much more than just – you know, I always say that college is kind of, like, purgatory because you’re a child, but you think you’re an adult.
It seems like there has been an uptick in the last few years in movies and TV shows that deal frankly and often comedically with young women and sex.
CHALAMET: Well, I think that we’re in an age right now where we’re starting to reframe how we look at sex, how we talk about sex, what sex is.
I mean, I know, for instance, there’s, you know, hiding certain things about your sexuality or sex generally – right? – thinking that everybody’s doing it one way.
CHALAMET: I think part of what’s so great about the arts generally is that everybody will find their own way into it.
But I think that I personally had a very roundabout way to getting to where I am today and realizing what kind of stories I want to tell.
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