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When actress Drew Barrymore first considered making a movie about a female roller derby league in Texas, she said she was drawn to the story because “I like movies about girls who are capable.”
But telling the story of Whip It! came at a price for the cast, who endured grueling practices in order to learn the roller derby moves. Barrymore admits at the film’s premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, “We got hurt all the time.”
Drew says the training was both “scary” and “painful,” but adds, “Thank God nobody was seriously hurt, but it was rough. We wanted it to look authentic.” Well it certainly does, from where I’m standing. I’ve never seen anyone accessorize a shiner so nicely.
Gallery Info: Drew Barrymore at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival for Whip It!
authentic would’ve been if she had bothered actually filming in texas and using texas rollergirls and real local bands.
instead, the movie sent out requests to local dallas bars to mail back stickers for real local bands to stick up all over their set in michigan.
half assssed!
and ps, roller derby hype is so five years ago.
There’s a documentary called BLOOD ON THE FLAT TRACK that’s coming out this fall on DVD. Saw it in Toronto last year — I think it’ll actually be more interesting than this one…
There’s a documentary called BLOOD ON THE FLAT TRACK that’s coming out this fall on DVD. Saw it in Toronto last year — I think it’ll actually be more interesting than this one…