Dylan Meyer Unveils 14-Year Path to Directorial Debut 'The Wrong Girls'

3 articles · Updated · Mashable · Aug 14

A script Meyer first wrote in 2012 became her directorial debut, "The Wrong Girls," a stoner comedy starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat as Los Angeles best friends linked by squid-drug telepathy.
Meyer said the film grew out of 5 years living with her best friend and producing partner Maggie McLean, aiming to give women the kind of chaotic friendship comedy she felt films like "Dumb and Dumber" rarely offered.
Giant squid psychedelics and telepathic cats voiced by Seth Rogen and Kumail Nanjiani came from Meyer's deep-sea obsession and her view of cats as judgmental foils for two dysfunctional leads.
Stewart had long been Meyer's choice for Frankie, she said, arguing the role reveals a funny, "dirtbaggy skater punk" side closer to Stewart's real-life persona than her better-known dramatic work.
The film's finale — a shared dance sequence added about a year before production — was designed as the emotional payoff to the telepathy premise and the movie's broader celebration of private, earnest female friendship.