The fox is out of the bag. <\/p>\n
Downtown it girl Julia Fox is directing her first feature film, we hear.<\/p>\n
The fashion darling, self-proclaimed muse and erstwhile dominatrix shot to fame as an actress in \u201cUncut Gems,\u201d and she\u2019s also directed a short.<\/p>\n
But now she\u2019s set to make her full-length debut behind the camera with \u201cSixth Avenue Saints,\u201d which she also wrote.<\/p>\n
The film is a period piece set in 1993, against the gritty, pre-gentrified streets of Brooklyn and Downtown Manhattan and tells the story of Luan, a sensitive 12-year-old growing up in a fractured household in Coney Island.<\/p>\n
Frankie, a fearless homeless street kid surviving downtown on his own, introduces Luan to a hidden side of New York \u2014 the piers, queer street life, hustlers, sex workers, junkies and other outsiders living on the margins of the city, according to the production.<\/p>\n
The flick is already casting for extras, posting ads for locals to bring authentic \u201cBrooklyn\/NYC vibes\u201d to the film.<\/p>\n
She\u2019s looking for and adults ages 35 to 79 and paying $20 an hour, with a $100 minimum per day guaranteed, according to industry site Backstage.<\/p>\n
Julia Fox, pictured, is set to make her directorial debut. alexanderwang\/Tiktok<\/p>\n
The author, actress and model will write and direct \u201cSixth Avenue Saints.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n
Professional acting experience isn\u2019t required, according to 25 Casting agent Katya Chernetsova.<\/p>\n
Fox\u2019s upcoming movie \u201cSixth Avenue Saints\u201d is casting background actors who match the \u201cBrooklyn\/NYC vibes\u201d the production is aiming for. Julia Fox\/Instagram<\/p>\n
This is Fox\u2019s first time directing, but not writing. She is famous for her memoir \u201cDown the Drain,\u201d which was released in 2023. Simon & Schuster<\/p>\n
Fox, 36, became a breakout star with her 2019 film debut in the Safdie brothers\u2019 \u201cUncut Gems,\u201d opposite Adam Sandler. <\/p>\n