Exclusive: The production company Elegant Grotesque announced today that Star Trek: Discovery star Anthony Rapp has signed on to star alongside Vivian Kerr in Scrap, which she also wrote and produced.
An adaptation of the short film of the short by the same name written by Kerr and directed by Leena Penharkar, the film follows a young single-mom, Beth (Kerr), who is newly homeless. Laid off from her white-collar job, Beth struggles to maintain the appearance of a successful middle-class lifestyle as she bounces around the neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Hoping to land a new job and change her situation before her family and friends find out, Beth dodges phone calls from her estranged older brother Ben (Rapp) and struggles with the guilt of having left her young daughter Birdy in his care. Unable to face her own failure, Beth must deal with the very real dangers of living out...
An adaptation of the short film of the short by the same name written by Kerr and directed by Leena Penharkar, the film follows a young single-mom, Beth (Kerr), who is newly homeless. Laid off from her white-collar job, Beth struggles to maintain the appearance of a successful middle-class lifestyle as she bounces around the neighborhoods of Los Angeles. Hoping to land a new job and change her situation before her family and friends find out, Beth dodges phone calls from her estranged older brother Ben (Rapp) and struggles with the guilt of having left her young daughter Birdy in his care. Unable to face her own failure, Beth must deal with the very real dangers of living out...
- 3/27/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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