Beanie Feldstein Plays A 'Ferocious' Lesbian Cop In 'Drive-Away Dolls' — And She Loves It

The "Booksmart" actor shares her excitement for her new dark comedy, which also stars Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan.

Beanie Feldstein is seemingly still in celebratory mode after marrying her wife, Bonnie-Chance Roberts, last year. But in “Drive-Away Dolls,” which opened in theaters last week, she’s relishing the “genuinely empowering” experience of playing an “unapologetic, ferocious, abrasive” woman who is on the rebound after a bitter breakup.

“As a small, round person, I don’t always get taken seriously,” Feldstein told HuffPost. “So it’s incredibly cathartic to scare people in the context of a comedy. It’s very inspirational to play somebody who is totally uninhibited, totally themselves and not afraid to go after what they want, no matter if there’s a 6-foot-3 guy in the way.”

Directed by Ethan Coen from a script he co-wrote with his wife, Tricia Cooke, “Drive-Away Dolls” is simultaneously a road trip flick and a crime caper. Set in 1999, the movie follows two queer women, Jamie (played by Margaret Qualley) and Marian (Geraldine Viswanathan), who drive from Philadelphia to Tallahassee, Florida, with plans to barhop and bed-hop following Jamie’s less-than-amicable split from her police officer girlfriend, Sukie (Feldstein).

But Jamie and Marian’s Sunshine State excursion starts to go spectacularly awry when it’s revealed that their rental car had been intended for a trio of criminals and, as such, is carrying some grisly cargo.

The pair’s last hope is to lure Sukie, still dejected after the demise of her relationship with Jamie, to Tallahassee in her official capacity as a cop. A cheeky subplot involves cameos by Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal, as well as a sex toy modeled after a right-wing politician’s penis.