"I feel such a huge responsibility playing a real person, so I would sit in front of her MasterClass and mimic along, copy the hand gestures,"
"I get emotional talking about her, because I find her so inspiring. And I do hope that the essence of who Whitney is, is embedded into all the choices I make."
"emotional throughline"
Three in 10 American adults have used a dating app or website, according to 2023 Pew Research Center data. Many non-users still understand dating-app shorthand like ghosting and swiping right or left. Swiped, released Sept. 19 on Hulu, dramatizes the evolution of dating apps and key industry figures. Lily James portrays Whitney Wolfe Herd and prepared by studying Wolfe Herd’s MasterClass, mimicking gestures and adopting an American accent. Co-star Pierson Fode praised James’s accent. Director Rachel Lee Goldenberg highlighted James’s research and the preservation of Wolfe Herd’s emotional throughline. Wolfe Herd co-founded Tinder and left in 2014 amid harassment and discrimination allegations; that lawsuit settled without admission of wrongdoing. Wolfe Herd founded Bumble at age 25 in 2014.
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