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Olivia Wilde

Fifteen years into a career that has ranged from recurring TV roles on The O.C. and House to films like Tron and Drinking Buddies, the actor, 35, makes her directorial debut. In the high school buddy comedy Booksmart, two friends bound for the Ivy League set out to have one crazy night before college.

This movie has been compared to Superbad and The Breakfast Club. What high school movie tropes did you want to subvert? All of them. We wanted to present these characters

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