Picture this: you’re an aspiring actor working in advertising as a copywriter and interning at UCB Comedy, when Donald Glover approaches you and encourages you to make your debut on 30 Rock opposite Tina Fey. Fast forward ten years, and you’re at the top of your acting game with an impressive arc on Netflix’s Daredevil.
It might sound straight out of a movie, but this is real life for Sunita Deshpande, whose new film Moonshot, in which she stars alongside Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor, just premiered on HBO Max.
Today we’re chatting with Sunita about her dreamlike Hollywood story and her new film which takes us out of this world — literally!