Maya Hawke’s role in Netflix’s new teen dark comedy “Do Revenge” is nothing short of central and dynamic, but she feels the messiness of her character Eleanor reflects the realities of teen life in high school.
In the film, which was inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” (1951), Drea Torres (Camila Mendes) and Eleanor Levetan (Hawke) team up to ‘do each other’s revenge’ to their enemies after being wronged in cruel ways. Drea’s ex-boyfriend Max leaks a steamy video that she made only for his viewing, and Eleanor looks to take down a girl who outed her at summer camp after spreading a rumor that Eleanor tried to hold her down and kiss her.