Skip To Content
JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.
The Schmooze

Ilana Glazer And Zoë Kravitz Play Ex-Lovers In ‘Rough Night’

Ilana Glazer, Zoë Kravitz, and Scarlett Johansson are starring together in the movie ‘Rough Night.’ If you are an avid reader of the Forward’s Schmooze section, as you should be, this is old news. But there’s something new.

Though three actresses feature at the forefront of feminism in Hollywood (well, at least two. Kravitz tends to stay out of the limelight), their upcoming film has been criticized for excluding sex workers from its definition of feminism.

So the movie seems to have taken a different tactic to prove that feminists should watch it. Out Magazine reported yesterday that the movie is including a lesbian couple, and that couple happens to be two of the movie’s three Jewish actresses.

While Johansson is playing a state senate candidate, the movie released a clip that pays particular attention to an apparent relationship between Ilana Glazer and Zoë Kravitz’s characters, Frankie and Blair, who were ex-college lovers who have maintained their sexual tension.

“We tend to bicker,” Glazer says affectionately. Kravitz immediately fires back “we debate, which is a normal part of talking. Everyone debates.”

It’s easy to imagine the two snuggling up next to each other at a Hillel Shabbat dinner, or protesting side-by-side at a J Street event. But don’t expect to see any flashbacks in this movie. It looks like they’ll be more focused on their ‘Rough Night’ ahead.

The movie will get a wide released on June 16. Watch the clip at here, and watch the trailer below:

A message from our CEO & publisher Rachel Fishman Feddersen

I hope you appreciated this article. Before you go, I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward’s award-winning, nonprofit journalism during this critical time.

At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse..

Readers like you make it all possible. Support our work by becoming a Forward Member and connect with our journalism and your community.

—  Rachel Fishman Feddersen, Publisher and CEO

Join our mission to tell the Jewish story fully and fairly.

Republish This Story

Please read before republishing

We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search.  See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.

To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Please email us at [email protected], subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up.

We don't support Internet Explorer

Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site.