More actors are making the jump to filmmaking than ever before. The next to do so is The Last Airbender and Transformers: Age of Extinction actress, Nicole Peltz Beckham. And I’m sure that her hope for the gritty drama Lola is that it receives better reviews than either of the two movies I just mentioned.
Peltz does more than direct Lola; she also wrote the screenplay, produced, and starred as the titular Lola James. The story centers on the 19-year-old woman living in Midwest, who is scrounging up enough money to get her nine-year-old brother Arlo away from their abusive mother. The new trailer shows what a struggle this will be, as tragedy and an unexpected pregnancy upend her plans.
Also in the cast are Luke David Blumm, Virginia Madsen, Richie Merritt, Trevor Long, and Raven Goodwin.
This hardly looks like the kind of film one would expect from Peltz, who is married into the family of David and Victoria Beckham. But it’s also good to see her branching out into something new that could take her career even further.
Lola opens in theaters and VOD on February 9th. Here’s the synopsis followed by the trailer:
Set in 2002 Middle America, Lola revolves around nineteen-year-old Lola James (Peltz Beckham), who is desperately working to save enough money to get her little brother, Arlo (Luke David Blumm), out of their toxic home dominated by their mother, Mona (Madsen). All Lola wants is for Arlo to have a chance at the life she never had nor will. One tragic night, her whole world gets uprooted, and from that moment on, nothing will ever be the same.