Desiree Akhavan is currently working on a TV pilot but what she really wants to do is make a movie adaptation about Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres’ relationship.
‘They’re a really great couple. They’re the poster children for lesbian relationships. There’s not a movie yet but there will be. I’ll make the film version soon.’
What a film it would be if it’s anything like her debut feature. Appropriate Behaviour, which Desiree wrote, starred in and directed, combines the wry observation of Frances Ha with Annie Hall-style laughs to tell the story of a Persian bisexual adrift in Brooklyn and dealing with a bad breakup.
It’s playfully sexy and extremely smart about… Read the full story