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That was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1951). Co-written by the film’s director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great) and Celeste Ballard (Sweet/Vicious), Do Revenge centers on soon-to-be high school seniors Drea (Riverdale’s Camila Mendes) and Eleanor (Stranger Things’ Maya Hawke).From left Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes in Do Revenge. Photo Courtesy Kim Simms/Netflix/Everett CollectionDrea attends Rosehill Country Day High School on a scholarship — something she tries her best to make her wealthy peers forget — and finds herself an outcast when her boyfriend, Max (Dash and Lily’s Austin Abrams.
Anonymously releases an intimate video of her. Over the summer, Drea works Germany WhatsApp Number Data at a tennis camp, which where she meets Eleanor, who’s transferring to Rosehill in the fall.When Drea’s car breaks down, Eleanor offers her a ride the conversation lands on what happened to Drea, prompting Eleanor to share that she was made a pariah too when a girl, Carissa (Love, Victor’s Ava Capri), spread a rumor about her. That rumor? Well, when Eleanor came out to Carissa, the latter told everyone that Eleanor held her down and forcibly kissed her.From left Maia Reficco, Alisha Boe, Camila Mendes and Paris Berelc in Do Revenge.
Photo Courtesy Kim Simms/Netflix/Everett CollectionAnd that’s when the duo have an idea no one at Rosehill knows that Drea and Eleanor have met, which means Drea can get revenge on Carissa, on Eleanor’s behalf, and Eleanor can Mean Girls it — get close with the popular kids who were once Drea’s friends — to get back at Max on Drea’s behalf. Darkly funny and self-aware, Do Revenge is also a fun homage to iconic teen films and comedies of the last few decades. In true sendup fashion, the high school is absurdly, laugh-out-loud ritzy, and the uniforms make everyone look like Cher
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