Saturday, August 30, 2025

Kathleen Barber's "Both Things Are True," the movie

Featured at My Book, The Movie: Both Things Are True: A Novel by Kathleen Barber.

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I dreamcast on vibes rather than strictly on how well an actor physically resembles my character. So when I think about who I would cast to play Vanessa, the yoga influencer and hopeless romantic at the center of Both Things Are True, I imagine a cross between Sarah Jones, who played Tracy Stevens in For All Mankind, and Suki Waterhouse. Both have the energy and pluck that I envision for Vanessa.

For Sam, Vanessa's love interest, I feel like it's cliché to dreamcast Andrew Garfield in a romantic comedy, but...[read on]
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