HOUSTON (BACKSTAGEOL) – The prominent meme known as someone being a “Karen” has made its way to Hollywood.
The movie stars Taryn Manning, best known for her role in Orange Is the New Black, as a real-life “Karen”. She plays an obnoxious and entitled middle-aged woman who is racist towards her new neighbors while doing whatever she can to get rid of them. The role Manning is portraying is based on viral videos of “Karens” using their privilege to get their way and expressing explosive behavior.
Manning reveals that she watched a lot of real-life “Karen” videos to prepare for the role, “I’ve seen a lot, and of course I’ve been watching more, because now I’m wanting to find all different levels of them, and different types… it’s definitely a lot of studying going on, but it’s so bad, and so everywhere, and that’s the point of this film, and why it’s so timely, and why I’m so excited,” Manning says in an interview. “If you don’t like me in the role, perfect, I did my job just great,” she adds.
The thriller is directed by Coke Daniels and while there is no release date set just yet for Karen, the first trailer has recently been released. Take a look at it below!
