It’s what most aspiring screenwriters dream of: An Oscar-winning actress reads your spec script and convinces one of the leading indie filmmakers of the past 25 years to make it. Then, it premieres at the Cannes Film Festival and sells to Netflix, all in time for an awards season push.
For Samy Burch, the experience is still overwhelming — understandably so, as her team of collaborators on her first produced screenplay include director Todd Haynes, Oscar-winning actresses Natalie Portman (who also produced) and Julianne Moore, plus former Riverdale actor Charles Melton, who has achieved acclaim and Oscar buzz for his breakout role in May December.
Portman plays an actress, Elizabeth, set to star in a movie about Moore’s Gracie, who had a scandalous affair with a 13-year-old boy, Joe, two…
