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As many of us can attest, no matter which gender or genders you may be attracted to, what we know at 17 does not stay true forever. The setup for this relationship can greatly imply to the untrained viewer that Elliott’s lesbianism is a folly of teenagehood, and her first love being with Chad an indication that she has come back around to men. However, when she meets Chad, she realizes she is falling for him, which is completely outside of her other sexual and romantic experiences.
It was such a reminder for me.
Your co-star Aubrey Plaza is considered by many to be a queer icon. Sexuality is a lot less clear cut than she thought.
In the unexpected coming out scene, Ro comforts Elliott’s confusion by letting her know that she’s not any “less queer” for suddenly liking a man.
The most relatable aspect of Elliott was how, at the start, she was just kind of self-centered and self-absorbed and accidentally harmful to her mom and dad and her family, and I really related to that. It's just like the only focus of the character is that they're queer, and so I really love that Elliott has so much more to her and that that's just part of her; it feels really special to me.
Leaving home, it's all so exciting to her, and in that, she's accidentally kind of just being harmful to the people that she loves and that love her.
‘It Was Really Important To Get Right’: My Old Ass’ Maisy Stella And Director Megan Park Talk Flipping The Script With The Movie’s Coming Out Scene
SPOILERS are ahead for My Old Ass.
My Old Ass is one of those 2024 movies that just completely snuck up on me and simply won my heart.
The humorous chemistry between them is palpable, and enjoyable to watch.
For some viewers — especially those who do not identify as LGBTQ+ — the story could be seen as the narrative of a young lesbian “just finding the right guy.” There is a scene between Elliott and a friend of hers named Ro (Kerrice Brooks) in which Ro validates Elliott’s queerness as a malleable force that is allowed to explore itself and change, but the scene is so quick and muddled with Gen Z slang that it feels like an afterthought.
Older Elliott has one very specific word of caution for her younger self: do not fall in love with Chad (Percy Hynes White), the cute boy working at her family’s cranberry farm for the summer. The moment feels cheap, especially considering the story up to this point has not earned our emotional involvement.
While the intent of the film — to show our older selves that the choices we make are inherent to our humanity, and should not be sought to be changed unless we change who we are — is beautiful, the execution is at best sloppy.
Here’s what writer/director Megan Park shared with me about the sequence:
It was such an important scene and that line specifically… is so important to that moment. And it's so refreshing,” Park recounts. In one such scene, it is revealed to Elliott by her younger brother that her parents are selling the cranberry farm they have had for generations, and didn’t think to tell her because they didn’t think she would care.
I mean, I've always loved Aubrey. But as she gets to know Chad, she can’t deny the attraction between the two of them. We're all figuring it out, and I am sorry."
That's just the feeling, and so I related to Elliott a lot in the ways that I think Elliott gets very caught up in life and excitement and all these things. I feel genuinely so grateful to have gotten to do that and gotten to be around her.
In a recent video call with Stella, the actor discussed her relationship with labels as a queer person and how she incorporated aspects of her own identity into Elliott.
I'm going to cry just talking about this film, because I cried so much during this movie.
Cry. She's just a very genuine person, which I think comes across in the way that she writes for people.
In what ways were you able to influence the character?
I think that I was lucky enough to grow up in a way where labels weren't really pushed on me, and I know that's not everyone's experience and not everyone is lucky enough to be given the room to explore and be truly open.