{"id":2000071,"date":"2025-09-05T19:21:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2000071"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:21:22","slug":"i-wasnt-getting-the-parts-i-was-wanting-to-do-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-wasnt-getting-the-parts-i-was-wanting-to-do-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Wasn&#8217;t Getting the Parts I Was Wanting to Do&#8217; (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zoey Deutch tells PEOPLE that she began producing some of her own movies &#8220;because I wasn&#8217;t getting the kind of parts and work sent to me to audition for that I was wanting to do&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I love to work and I want to work and I can either sit around and be bummed that it&#8217;s not coming my way or I can try to learn this new skill,&#8221; Deutch, who stars in <em>The Threesome<\/em> alongside Jonah Hauer-King and Ruby Cruz, says<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Threesome<\/em> is in theaters Sept. 5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/zoey-deutch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zoey Deutch;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zoey Deutch<\/a>, adding producer to her resume was as simple as making sure she kept her acting career moving forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Honestly, the reason that I started producing was just because I wasn&#8217;t getting the kind of parts and work sent to me to audition for that I was wanting to do. It was out of necessity,&#8221; Deutch, 30, tells PEOPLE as she discussed her new new romantic dramedy, <em>The Threesome. <\/em>The movie is the fifth film Deutch has received a producing credit on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the last eight years, Deutch has produced films, like <em>The Year of Spectacular Men<\/em> and <em>Buffaloed<\/em>, and is credited as an executive producer on <em>Not Okay<\/em>,<em> Something from Tiffany&#8217;s<\/em> in addition to<em> The Threesome<\/em>, which she stars in with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/everything-to-know-about-the-little-mermaids-new-prince-eric-jonah-hauer-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jonah Hauer-King;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jonah Hauer-King<\/a> and Ruby Cruz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Kai Caddy\/Vertical Entertainment<\/p>\n<p> From Left: Jonah Hauer-King and Zoey Deutch in &#8216;The Threesome&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I love to work and I want to work and I can either sit around and be bummed that it&#8217;s not coming my way or I can try to learn this new skill and I can try to create jobs and opportunities for people around me that are also feeling the same way and work with people that I love,&#8221; Deutch says of her decision to begin producing films herself some years ago. &#8220;So it wasn&#8217;t like I set out to do it for any other reason other than necessity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <em>The Threesome<\/em>, Deutch and Hauer-King, also 30, portray two friends named Olivia and Connor. The pair, on the cusp of embarking on a romantic relationship, have a night to remember with another woman named Jenny (Cruz, 25), only to have their romance rocked weeks later by the revelation that both Olivia and Jenny are pregnant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Kai Caddy\/Vertical Entertainment From Left: Jonah Hauer-King, Zoey Deutch and Ruby Cruz in 'The Threesome'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gxzfgabjLjkfGfD8BKDVVQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/a101a3afa69736e6f2a3d9c2ed93db56\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Kai Caddy\/Vertical Entertainment<\/p>\n<p> From Left: Jonah Hauer-King, Zoey Deutch and Ruby Cruz in &#8216;The Threesome&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While Deutch tells PEOPLE that many of the other movies she has produced were project she &#8220;developed and brought the movies together,&#8221; she joined <em>The Threesome<\/em> after the movie was ready to film. &#8220;So it wasn&#8217;t as boots on the ground as some of the others. But I always feel grateful for the opportunity to be involved in more conversations than actors generally are privy to,&#8221; Deutch says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve made a lot of movies and I hope I can bring that experience and time and energy and information to the projects that I work on and I always learn and I&#8217;m always grateful to gain more information to bring onto to the next. It was more of a creative position on this one than anything else,&#8221; the actress continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Threesome<\/em> is in theaters Sept. 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/zoey-deutch-producing-movies-out-of-necessity-exclusive-11803701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Zoey Deutch tells PEOPLE that she began producing some of her own movies &#8220;because I wasn&#8217;t getting the kind of parts and work sent to me to audition for that I was wanting to do&#8221; &#8220;I love to work and I want to work and I can either sit around and be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2000072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[363312,363311,349292],"class_list":["post-2000071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-jonah-hauer-king","tag-ruby-cruz","tag-zoey-deutch"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/I-Wasnt-Getting-the-Parts-I-Was-Wanting-to-Do.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}