Riley Keough is barreling up the I-5 highway, zipping from her Los Angeles home back to Sound City Studios in the Valley, where she’s shooting her upcoming Amazon Prime Video series “Daisy Jones & The Six.” She’s an impressive multitasker, FaceTiming me to discuss her role in Janicza Bravo’s A24 summer hit “Zola” while racing to get back to set on a Friday evening, already pitch-black at 5 p.m.

“It’s a little dark in here. Sorry, this is not perfect,” she said, excusing her surroundings, which make for a lively interview to talk about Stefani, the crass and gratingly bubbly Detroit stripper she plays in “Zola.” Keough and I share in our mutual disgust for one of Stefani’s more heinous moments, one that surely haunts anyone who’s seen the movie. There’s an overhead shot where Stefani and her stripper protégé Zola (Independent Spirit...