Meg Stalter Talks ‘Cora Bora’, ‘Hacks’ & The Joy Of Playing Characters Who Are “Losing Their Mind”
deadline.comFrom social media to the big screen, Meg Stalter is peeling back her many layers as she marks her first starring role in Cora Bora.
The Ohio-born actress recently opened up about her “sweet and rewarding” part in writer Rhianon Jones and director Hannah Pearl Utt‘s new comedy-drama, which premiered at SXSW last year, as well as her journey from social media phenom to Hacks breakout and beyond. “I think my comedy translates well to this movie because it’s a character who’s kind of losing their mind but trying to pretend like they’re not,” Stalter tells Deadline. “And that’s like a lot of the people I like to play outside of the movie.
So, it kind of works.” She stars as the titular Cora, a struggling musician who puts her career on hold to return home and win back her girlfriend Justine (Jojo T.
Gibbs), who has fallen for another woman amid their open relationship. Meanwhile, Cora has to reckon with her past mistakes and the person she wants to be.
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