Zoey Deutch has ideas.

They’re sharp, original and delivered with the kind of disarming charm that makes you wonder why Hollywood hasn’t already followed her lead. “Don’t you think there should be a blooper button on comedies?” she asks with a grin. “Watching bloopers is always so much fun, and Netflix has so many great comedies on their platform. I’ve been pitching this idea hard. It just makes sense.”

She also has another idea: a gender-swapped remake of ‘The Truman Show,’ with Deutch in the lead. “Isn’t it just the best?” she says, lighting up. “I want to play Truman. I think it would be amazing to explore that story from a different angle.”

Her boldness isn’t just theoretical. Deutch’s decade-long journey to her latest role — as Jean Seberg in Richard Linklater ’s “ Nouvelle Vag

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