Assembling a crime - caper cohort
ETHAN COEN AND TRICIA COOKE ON BUILDING THEIR LATEST MOTLEY CREW FOR HONEY DON’T!
WORDS IANA MURRAY
Kick-ass PI Honey O’Donahue (Margaret Qualley)
ETHAN COEN AND Tricia Cooke have cracked something of a screenwriting formula: riotous genre homages with a lesbian twist and plenty of oddball characters. It began with last year’s queer road-trip movie Drive-Away Dolls, and now they return with Honey Don’t!, starring their newfound muse, Margaret Qualley. Playing a quick-witted private investigator, Qualley’s Honey sets out to uncover the connection between a series of strange deaths and a mysterious cult. Speaking to Empire, Coen and Cooke explain how they cooked up the players of their darkly comedic detective noir.