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Crush is a 2022 American coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Sammi Cohen (in her feature directorial debut) and written by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham. The film stars Rowan Blanchard and Auliʻi Cravalho in a story about a teenage girl joining her high-school track team to get closer to her crush, only to find herself falling in ...
May 1, 2022 · Director Sammi Cohen and writers Kirsten King and Casey Rackham take us through the process of making the Hulu film.
Apr 28, 2022 · It’s next release, Crush, hits Hulu on April 29. Starring Disney alum Rowan Blanchard, the teen rom-com sees aspiring artist Paige forced into joining her high school track team, which she uses as an opportunity to get close to her longtime crush, Gabby (Isabella Ferreira).
- What Was Your Path to Writing This Story Together like?
- Are There Any Moments from Your Own Lives That Inspired Moments in The Film?
- Which Movies in The Teen Rom-Com Canon Were You Most Inspired by?
- Do You Have Any Advice For Aspiring Queer Screenwriters and Filmmakers?
Casey Rackham: We met at BuzzFeed, and then we started a queer writers group together. We were both obsessed with rom-coms, and then there was that fateful moment, like in a movie, where we make eye contact and are like, “Wait… should we?” Kirsten King: It was 2018, we had just watched To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, we were constantly rewatchin...
Rackham: Neither one of us can paint. We’re both actively bad at it. But we both were on track! King: When we were first talking about this story, we set up a big whiteboard, drank a martini, and asked, What commonalities do we have in our high school experience? And we found track, and being queer. Casey has a queer sister, I had twin best friends...
King: We talked a lot about Bend It Like Beckham, Love & Basketball, and any sort of sports romance. I want Crushto be someone’s comfort watch, that movie they can rewatch to escape when everything’s going to sh-t. Weaving a story that makes people laugh and cry—it’s hard! And that’s why we went through, like, 70 drafts of this script. Rom-coms des...
Rackham: We got to have a queer person direct our film, which was the baseline of what we wanted. And it’s a long process. You need to pick the people who are still going to care about [the project] down the line. King: You have the meetings where you walk in and the exec says, Oh, so sorry, we already have one other gay [film on our slate]. And yo...
May 1, 2022 · Director Sammi Cohen and writers Kirsten King and Casey Rackham take TheWrap through the process of making the Hulu film
Apr 29, 2022 · The 'Crush' writers, Kirsten King and Casey Rackham, discuss the inspirations and writing behind the queer rom-com they would have loved to see as teens.
Kirsten King is an LA-based screenwriter who debuted her first film, CRUSH, on Hulu in April, 2022 (co-written with Casey Rackham). Additionally, Kirsten was staffed as a Story Editor on a half-hour animated come, THE SECOND BEST HOSPITAL IN THE GALAXY, coming to Amazon in February 2024.
