Machiavellian schemes and betrayals galore ensue in the nimble two-hander, whose brightly textured world nods to the ‘90s teen movies, like “Clueless,” “Cruel Intentions” and “Jawbreaker,” that influenced the writer-director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson.
On Netflix Friday, “Do Revenge” stars Mendes as popular Drea opposite Hawke’s awkward Eleanor, who meet at tennis camp and make a pact, “Strangers on a Train"-style: each girl will take down the other’s bullies — better to claim plausible deniability while watching their entitled rich kid enemies go down in flames.
Reading together over Zoom, she and Hawke struck an instant chemistry. But after coordinating the film’s shoot around their respective TV shows, a shift in the “” schedule meant Hawke nearly had to drop out — until production moved from Los Angeles to Atlanta so she could film both projects simultaneously.
The world underestimates teenage girls all the time, but this movie doesn’t — Drea and Eleanor are at times smart, sweet, calculating, righteous and imperfect. They can both see the world very clearly. Where did it feel gratifying to find the power within your characters?Their intelligence is their power. In some ways, that’s why I respect them.
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