'I had zero supervision in New York. It’s kind of like I was an orphan. By some miracle, I’m still alive.”
. The character was, for all intents and purposes, a hustler. She works in a jewelry shop in New York City’s Diamond District, where much of the film is set, doesn’t take shit, and helps her boss—and lover—pull off a risky heist. The brothers wanted their friend Julia Fox to play the part.
A fixture on New York’s downtown circuit, Fox was a self-described party girl who ricocheted between fashion design, photography, writing, and fine art. The one thing she hadn’t done was act. For the, who are known for casting non-actors in key roles, it worked in her favor. “Josh always thought of me as a star, and I think he wanted to be the one to discover me and put me on the map,” says Fox. But following the success of, and Fox’s grip on the role had slipped.
The news left Fox unfazed. She had spent her life manifesting her own opportunities, so it was on to the next. But the Safdies eventually managed to get Fox a screen test with Sandler himself. She approached the audition with the same confidence she brought to everything else. “There was just no way someone could play that part better than me,” she says. “I knew I would literally kill this movie.” And she did.
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