Maggie Gyllenhaal on the dangers of ignoring creative women

Maggie Gyllenhaal, star of HBO’s “The Deuce,” joins Salon’s D. Watkins to talk about her new Netflix film “The Kindergarten Teacher,” and the common thread between many of her recent roles— “starving” women who are after something much more than the obvious paths that their lives present.

“I like it when the art I make, in general, just challenges things,” Gyllenhaal said. “I like playing a kindergarten teacher that’s all f**ked up. I like playing a porn director who totally has her eye on the prize and is clear and amazing. I love that those two things are out at the same time."

Listen to hear more about why Gyllenhaal is speaking out on Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation and encouraging others to speak their minds on politics, and how her perspective on sex work changed after starring in “The Deuce.”

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