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Spoilers ahead for the ending of NetflixsI Am Not Okay With This.
Sophia Lillis is no stranger to teenage rage.
In the new series, Lillis plays Sydney, a 17-year-old stuck in a decaying patch of Pittsburgh suburbia.
As for the dancing part … One of my favorite scenes to shoot is when were in the prom.
I love also Syds retro outfits, like her signature Dr. Martens and corduroy jacket.
Do you share any fashion sensibilities with her?[Laughs.]
We wear basically the same thing.
You know, I have to go to premieres and I wear all this fancy-pants clothing.
In real life, I wear exactly what Sydney wears, like jeans and a sweatshirt.
I have a lot of Doc Martens that I wear all the time.
My favorite thing that I wore as Sydney was actually the workout clothes.
I felt so comfortable.
Maybe at some point I can steal them and keep them.
Youve worked on a few other projects adapted from books, includingItandNancy Drew.
I could never get past that.
In this one, she accidentally blows up her classmate Brads head right before he reveals her powers.
If my heads blown up, Bye!
Thats it, thats all we have for you.
I also think it started something new.
Its less of the whole suicide thing.
She still has so much to live for.
But at the same time, they moved the head blowing up from me to Rich [Ellis].
Poor Rich hes Brad on the show, and his head gets blown up.
That one head explosion turns everything upside down.
Its almost funny in an Oh, no!
The show draws a lot of inspiration from John Hughes movies, particularly in the detention episode.
Youve also drawn more than a few comparisons to Molly Ringwald, too.
What do you make of that?[Laughs.]
Well, Im so glad to be compared to Molly Ringwald.
I feel like thats a thing that keeps happening in everything Im in.
I love John Hughes.
I just love the play between the two.
Shes tried denying it, shes tried well, actually, thats all shes done.
Shes been trying to suppress it this whole entire time, for good reason.
With this show and other roles youve done, theyre often set in downtrodden suburban prefs.
You dont really have too much of the cliques.
The nerds and the jocks, we dont really have that.
Theres the equestrians and the athletes, and then theres the actors and singers and dancers.
Thats basically the closest you get to cliques.
Also, going to school isnt a walk or a school-bus ride.
Ive never taken a school-bus ride.
All Ive done to go to school is [take] either a city bus or the subway.
Yeah, the high-school experience is very different.
Its a different way of growing up that isnt really portrayed much.
I felt like, Oh, this is what suburban life is like.
Its her trying to do her best in high school even though she doesnt particularly enjoy it.
Everyone can relate to that.
Everyones always like, Oh, man, high-school life.
Thats when you really take a stab at grow up.
Thats basically what Ive tried to figure out:So, this is acting.
Do I really wanna do this?
What do I really wanna do with my life?
