Writing with Richard Linklater on Hit Man inspired Adria Arjona to become a producer
Linklater "allowed me to have a seat at the table," Arjona said.
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Hit Man isn’t just responsible for one of The A.V. Club‘s favorite movie scenes this year. (The notes app “fight,” of course.) It also kicked off a whole new phase in its star Adria Arjona’s career. “Rick [Linklater] asked me to write with him, and allowed me to have a seat at the table, and really listen to my ideas, and really picked my brain,” she recently told IndieWire of crafting her character, Madison—a foil and romantic interest for Glen Powell’s fake hit-man, Gary—in collaboration with the director. “That’s never happened to me,” she previously said of Linklater’s unique process in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.