In times of controversy and coronavirus, Betty Gilpin makes her movie star turn in 'The Hunt'

"The Hunt" should have been Betty Gilpin's big Hollywood breakthrough, but then a lot of things were different a year ago, a month ago and even last week. With it the actress stars in her meatiest film role to date, in a career that took off three years ago when she began playing soap actress-turned-pro wrestler Debbie Eagan on the Netflix series "GLOW."

Instead, the R-rated action-satire about Americans being hunted by other Americans saw its September theatrical opening canceled in a climate of tragedy and controversy. Last month it was uncanceled and reset for release. Right as it opened nationwide, America's coronavirus pandemic escalated.

By the time Betty Gilpin reads this, everything will have changed - again. (She may not be on social media, but she certainly has the internet. "I mean, I am alive!" she said one afternoon not long ago, in what now feels like distant, preapocalyptic times.)

The vast majority of movie theaters are now shuttered as U.S. cities face an unprecedented health crisis, and it goes without saying that at a time like this there are far more pressing issues at hand than talking about the movies. (Wash your hands! And stop touching your face. Practice social distancing and be safe.)

Everything including the immediate future of moviegoing has changed, except the fact that Betty