by Ryan Stewart
“I consider immature men to be my peers and my homies.”
– Diablo Cody
Over the next few months, Hollywood’s hottest writer, Diablo Cody, will see her second and third scripts rushed into development. One of those, Girly Style, is a girl’s version of Superbad. The other is a horror film called Jennifer’s Body, starring Transformers’ Megan Fox, and it’s about – wait for it – a cheerleader that eats boys. Literally. If you want to know what kind of mind could come up with such a thing, a good place to start is with Cody’s 2005 memoir Candy Girl, which chronicles her unlikely journey from teenage miscreant in a punk band called Yak Spackle to achingly ordinary office drone to topless dancer (she went by Roxanne and other names) to popular blogger to aspiring screenwriter in her late twenties.
Cody’s debut script, Juno, was snapped up after the success of Candy Girl and given to indie darling Jason Reitman to direct. The result is a sweet, sharply-observed comedy about immaturity and growing pains, told from the point of view of a 16-year-old girl who, after getting pregnant accidentally, decides to have the baby and find a family to adopt it. With the film’s release just last week, hopes are more than just high – Juno has become Fox Searchlight’s Oscar wing and a prayer this year. During last week’s publicity jaunt, SuicideGirls was able to wrangle a few minutes with D.C.
Read our exclusive interview with Diablo Cody on SuicideGirls.com.
