Zoë Kravitz has been tapped to star in, and executive produce India Sage Wilson’s new coming-of-age animated series, “Phatty Patty,” for Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios.
The series is based on Wilson’s experience of growing up as a biracial girl. Wilson will executive produce the series.
According to Deadline, viewers will follow Kravitz’s character “trying to find her place in the world. During the early 2000s, at the height of Britney vs. Christina, 9-year-old Patty Palecki’s dreams of stardom are crushed when she discovers Mick Jagger is not her biological father.”
The synopsis adds that the series pulls from “Wilson’s own journey toward self-acceptance as a biracial girl in a predominantly white community, the series chronicles Patty; a fourth-grader fresh out of f—ks to give, on her quest to shine brighter than her light up Sketchers.”
Despite having famous parents, Kravitz has managed to successfully carve out her own lane as not only an actress but a model.
She says beauty is only skin deep.
“To me, beauty is an attitude, you know?” she says in an interview with Byrdie. “When I see someone who is comfortable in their own skin and knows who they are, I think that’s gorgeous. I’ve seen so many people who on paper are ‘beautiful,’ and there’s just nothing behind the eyes—they’re totally insecure, and all of a sudden, the beauty doesn’t mean anything, and I don’t find them beautiful anymore. That beauty lasts about two seconds.”
She also shared a very relatable pet peeve with the publication.
“You know when a guy on the street tells you to smile?” she asks. “So lately, I’ve been doing one of two things,” Kravitz continued. “I’ve either been looking them in the face and saying, ‘Don’t f—king tell me to smile,’ or I’m like, ‘My grandmother just died’ […] I watch them react, and they don’t even know what to say. The whole point is to remind them I’m a human being. I’m not here to look pretty for you.”
