A little nudity. A knockout song. Why 'Red Rocket' breakout Suzanna Son will get you talking
Suzanna Son had been living in Los Angeles for just nine days when she was discovered. In 2018, having moved to L.A. to try to make it in show business, Son was standing outside the ArcLight Hollywood movie theater one evening when she was approached by director Sean Baker. Hot off his 2017 indie hit "The Florida Project," Baker, who has a penchant for casting nonprofessionals and unknowns in ...
Suzanna Son had been living in Los Angeles for just nine days when she was discovered.
In 2018, having moved to L.A. to try to make it in show business, Son was standing outside the ArcLight Hollywood movie theater one evening when she was approached by director Sean Baker. Hot off his 2017 indie hit "The Florida Project," Baker, who has a penchant for casting nonprofessionals and unknowns in his films, handed Son a card with his email address on it.
"He just said, 'I like your look — have you ever acted before?'" Son, who is 26, told the Los Angeles Times recently over Zoom from New York. "It took two years to actually hear from him again."
One evening last year, still clinging to
