“You know, every single story, doesn’t matter if it’s personal to me or whatever, every single story that has come out has created a safer workspace for me, what with me just starting in the industry”
Blockers hasn’t even opened yet, and Gideon Adlon has already endured a Hollywood rite of passage: her first press-tour mishap. “I just really embarrassed myself,” the 21-year-old actress exclaims as she plops down opposite me in the lobby of the Ludlow Hotel.
Blockers is Adlon’s first taste of stardom. And yet sitting down opposite her, it’s hard not to feel like you’ve seen her someplace before. Her mother is actress, writer, and showrunner Pamela Adlon, creator of FX’s Better Things, and Gideon shares her quick dark-brown eyes and mischievous smirk.
Adlon was always involved in theater; a year into her photography degree at Chicago’s Columbia College, she dropped out to pursue acting more seriously. Now she’s emerging from the shadow of her famous mother — and famous fictional family — with Blockers, a very funny new comedy directed by Pitch Perfect writer Kay Cannon and produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
While the parents in the film freak out when they discover their daughters’ plans to lose their virginities, Adlon’s recalls her own “birds and bees” talk being much more laid-back. “I remember my mom telling me, when all the puberty stuff started to hit its peak, If you ever feel funny, you can just go into your room and touch yourself. And I was like, Mom! That was fucking embarrassing,” she recalls.
As our interview starts to wind down, Adlon glances over at her iPhone, which she has placed a strategic arm’s length away from her on the leather couch. She picks it up and immediately gets sucked into some drama. “God, it’s so hard having little sisters,” she moans, rolling her eyes.
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