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Director Quinn Shephard Talks Creating a ‘Zillennial Karen’ in ‘Not Okay’

2022-08-05 7 Dailymotion

Quinn Shephard’s second movie, “Not Okay,” follows Danni Sanders through an online ruse that ends with Danni “canceled” by the world. <br /><br />“I was writing this at a time where I was very aware of what was going on with gun violence in our country, and it’s even more relevant now."<br /><br />Shephard continued, “Having a platform as a young, white woman, it is really important to talk about the privilege and microaggressions that many white women perpetuate on the internet. And so Danni felt like a great way to do like, ‘What is the Zillennial Karen?’”<br /><br />Quinn also chats about creating a character for her fiance Nadia Alexander, sending Dylan O’Brien thirst traps, and the societal issues the movie addresses.<br /><br />Watch the full interview with Quinn here and stream “Not Okay” now on Hulu.<br />

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