Johanna Morrigan: Last News

Amazon Prime Video today.The movie sees Booksmart icon Beanie Feldstein taking on the role of Wolverhampton native Johanna Morrigan, as she embarks on a career in music journalism, while also trying to ‘build’ herself as a teenager.And the author couldn’t stop raving about her on-screen counterpart for throwing herself right into the action.Chatting to Metro.co.uk, Caitlin said: ‘She’s just sunshine in a bag.

Bad Neighbours 2, perfectly nailed one of the funniest moments of Lady Bird as sweet best friend Julie and injected Booksmart’s overachieving Molly with a fiery determination.Now the 27-year-old is cementing that position with a brilliantly infectious performance in How To Build A Girl, an adaptation of Caitlin Moran’s semi-autobiographical novel. Feldstein, in her first solo lead role, plays Johanna Morrigan – a not-so-popular but intensely passionate teenager from working-class Wolverhampton who gets swept into the world of music journalism after answering an ad in fictional rock paper D&ME looking for “hip young gunslingers”.“I feel a lot like Johanna waiting for D&ME to call her,” Feldstein laughs when she picks up NME’s call.

In just a few short years, Beanie Feldstein has become a comedic force in the business. After first making an impression in the surprisingly great sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Feldstein of course turned in an incredible supporting performance in Lady Bird. Last year, she blew us away with a central turn in Booksmart, and now, she gets a starring role all her own. How to Build a Girl, which premiered last year at the Toronto International Film Festival, is a charming movie with more glorious work from the actress. She’s going to be a huge star, that’s a given. This is just an example of her taking a good flick and elevating it to nearly a great one.

Beanie Feldstein reinvents herself from an average teenager to a rebellious music critic in the trailer for IFC Films' How to Build a Girl. The film follows bright, quirky 16-year-old Johanna Morrigan (Feldstein), who uses her imagination to regularly escape her dull life in Wolverhampton and live out her wildest fantasies.

Beanie Feldstein reinvents herself from an average teenager to a rebellious music critic in the trailer for IFC Films' How to Build a Girl. The film follows bright, quirky 16-year-old Johanna Morrigan (Feldstein), who uses her imagination to regularly es