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Watch Sarah Paulson, Dan Levy in HBO's 'Coastal Elites' Funny Trailer
If anyone could get us to watch a socially-distanced film, its this crew.
August 17 2020 9:21 PM EST
August 18 2020 5:53 AM EST
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If anyone could get us to watch a socially-distanced film, its this crew.
Well, the era of quarantine films is upon us. After it was announced that other projects like Malcolm & Marie, the movie featuring Zendaya and John David Washington, were in the works, HBO has now released the trailer for its new project Coastal Elites. The satirical film was shot entirely in quarantine and features some of our favorite stars.
Sarah Paulson, Dan Levy, Issa Rae, Bette Midler, and Kaitlyn Denver star as the aforementioned "coastal elites," seemingly all trying to get through quarantine. They speak straight to the camera with Paulson playing the character of Clarissa Montgomery, who seems to be holding classes or lessons over livestream.
"Take a deep, healing breath and imagine that you're not even on Twitter or Facebook or Xanax," she says in the first trailer for the project.
Meanwhile, Midler is seemingly playing a character who is in prison -- maybe for assaulting someone who was wearing a MAGA hat -- while Rae plays someone named Kelly who may have known or come into contact with Melania Trump in the past. For her part, Denver seems to be a nurse, helping to fight against the pandemic while Levy plays Mark Hesterman, a West Hollywood actor who is in a therapy session about his acting career.
The project was written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Jay Roach. It will premiere on September 12. It'll be a busy time for Paulson who will also be rolling out Ratched, the eerie Netflix film she stars in. That project will begin streaming September 18.
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Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.
Mikelle is the former editorial director of digital for PrideMedia, guiding digital editorial and social across Out, The Advocate, Pride.com, Out Traveler, and Plus. After starting as a freelancer for Out in 2013, he joined the staff as Senior Editor working across print and digital in 2018. In early 2021 he became Out's digital director, marking a pivot to content that centered queer and trans stories and figures, exclusively. In September 2021, he was promoted to editorial director of PrideMedia. He has written cover stories on Ricky Martin, Miss Fame, Nyle DiMarco, Jeremy O. Harris, Law Roach, and Symone.