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In order not to be less than several colleagues, Drew Barrymore was encouraged by the cameras and directed his own film, titled Whip It, with support from Fox studios.
Once the studios gave it the green light, Barrymore spoke with the talented Ellen Page to star in the film based on the novel derby girll by Shauna Cross. The history focuses on the life of a teenage girl permanently pressured by her mother to participate in a beauty pageant. Out of sheer rebellion, the young woman will leave her village and join a Roller Derby team, a somewhat violent sport.
The original novel was adapted by the same writer, Shauna Cross, Whoever it was skating race runner in her youth, so he knows the skating environment very well.
In addition to Ellen Page, will be Juliette Lewis, Alia Shawkat, Zoe Bell and Drew Barrymore herself. Its premiere is scheduled for 9 de Octubre, in theaters of the United States.