For Kaitlyn Dever, ‘Rosaline’ Was Worth the 10-Year Wait: ‘It’s Not Something I’ve Really Done Before’

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“Rosaline,” 20th Century Studios’ campy and modernized retelling of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” from the perspective of the forgotten Capulet, but the Emmy-nominated actress is anything but.

Earning her first executive producing credit on the Hulu film (based on Rebecca Serle’s book “When You Were Mine”), the “Dopesick” star continues her ascent in Tinseltown, setting her sights on directing next and gushing about being featured opposite rom-com greats Julia Roberts and George Clooney in “Ticket to Paradise,” which debuts next week, in a recent interview with TheWrap.“When I approached Rosaline, the way I developed the character and the process behind bringing this character to life was just really pushing any boundaries that I had been afraid of before,” Dever told TheWrap, “because Rosaline has an intensity and her intensity is the drive throughout the story in the film, and I think that it’s not something I’ve really done before.

It’s not something I’m necessarily used to.” Though, it might be something that comes easier in time.Dever, who first broke out with 2019’s wildly funny “Booksmart,” first read the script for “Rosaline” at 15, sending in an audition — for Juliet — shortly after.

The 25-year-old then played the waiting game, always wondering what happened with the project until she got a call about it in 2020.“I just remember loving it so much, and it was unlike anything I’d ever read before, and it’s such a great idea,” she said. “And then nothing happened with it and I always wondered — I always wanted that movie to get made and I was so excited for it to get made, even just to see it as an audience member because I just loved the story so much.