Dakota Johnson and Cooper Raff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth, which toured the Sundance Film Festival before its OTT release, became the talk of the town for a number of reasons, the most important one being newcomer Vanessa Burghart. With autism, the actress played a character with the condition in the film and was praised for the authenticity she brought with her. However, she says that while growing up, she could not find any character on screen that would make her feel that she was a problem.
During a roundtable of the show, which was also attended by News18.com, the young actress answered the question if she could see anyone, and said, “No, I didn’t. I didn’t see anyone from afar.” So I thought I was the problem. But I was not the problem. There was no one like me.”
The actress also spoke about her work experience and said, “It was my first film so I really didn’t have any expectations. But it turned out to be a really positive experience and a really comfortable environment. I think I can do something.” I’m like Lola in ways. I don’t have autistic tendencies or traits, but it takes me a while to warm up to people and I really care about people. I express it differently. But I think That I’m a little more mature socially than Lola.
The film stars Dakota (Domino) as Vanessa’s (Lola) mother and Cooper Riffe (Andrew) as a 22-year-old college graduate who works as a party starter. It revolves around Andrew’s relationship with the mother-daughter duo and how he later navigates through life with autism. Rif and Johnson also doubled as producers of the film. Talking about the same, The Fifty Shades actress shared that she wanted to make this film because she cared about it, unlike the producers she worked with, who didn’t care about their writers or their people.
“I’ve made a lot of movies where the producers don’t really care at all, and they don’t really protect the work. They want to make the most money or they want to serve the public. They protect their directors. No, they don’t protect their cast, and I really wanted to do that. So with Cha Cha it felt like the perfect opportunity and I really care about it. Otherwise, if I’m not on a project So I think it’s just the script to be excellent. And the people involved have to be kind and nice.”
Talking about the message she wants the audience to take from the film, Vanessa shared that she was not trying to teach people anything, but rather demonstrating that autistic people have feelings. “I wasn’t trying to teach people anything. I think it was just demonstrating that autistic people have feelings and can form relationships and they have empathy and the same base level as everyone else.” have feelings.”
Cha Cha Real Smooth, directed by Cooper Raff and starring Evan Asante, Leslie Mann, Brad Garrett and Raul Castillo, is currently streaming on Apple TV+.
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