Fans are eager to learn more about Zoë Kravitz‘s directorial debut, Blink Twice, previously titled Pussy Island. The sudden change in the movie’s title has sparked curiosity among the audience. The thriller follows a cocktail waitress who travels to a private island with her latest tech mogul beau, only for things to take a dark turn when a friend suddenly disappears.
Here is everything you need to know about why Kravitz chose the title Blink Twice over Pussy Island ahead of the release.
Why did Zoë Kravitz change the Pussy Island title to Blink Twice?
Zoë Kravitz renamed Pussy Island to Blink Twice in response to criticism over the original title. Although Kravitz intended the title to empower the target audience, it received a negative response, prompting an official name change.
In a recent conversation with Entertainment Weekly, Kravitz addressed the title change. She acknowledged that Pussy Island wasn’t well-received by society. She also faced obstacles in marketing the movie, as the MPAA wasn’t ready to put the original title on kiosks, advertisements, billboards, or tickets.
Despite keeping the title throughout the filmmaking process, Kravitz changed it at the last moment after researching the audience’s reactions. She realized that the title didn’t empower the target audience but rather offended them.
She elaborates, “Interestingly enough, after researching it, women were offended by the word, and women seeing the title were saying, ‘I don’t want to see that movie,’ which is part of the reason I wanted to try and use the word, which is trying to reclaim the word, and not make it something that we’re so uncomfortable using.”
Kravitz began writing the movie in 2017 and was firm on keeping the original title, Pussy Island. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, she expressed her belief that the original title was the “seed of the story” and represented current times.
“It represents this time where it would be acceptable for a group of men to call a place that, and the illusion that we’re out of that time now,” she added. Nevertheless, she cared about the audience’s responses and changed it for the better.
