Margaret Qualley Is Back—and Gayer Than Ever—in Honey Don’t! With Aubrey Plaza and Chris Evans
Get ready for another delightfully chaotic queer adventure. After 2024’s Drive-Away Dolls, Margaret Qualley is slipping back into sapphic territory with Honey Don’t!, a stylized B-movie mystery directed by the creative (and real-life) power couple Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke. This time, she’s not just along for the ride—she is the ride.
In Honey Don’t!, Qualley plays the titular Honey, a cool, covert lesbian private investigator tasked with digging into a suspicious church run by none other than Chris Evans. Yes, that Chris Evans, now trading in his shield for a pulpit—and likely hiding some pretty scandalous secrets behind the altar.
The Return of Lesbian B-Movie Mayhem
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The film marks the second installment in Coen and Cooke’s planned “Lesbian B-Movie Trilogy”—an unapologetically queer cinematic experiment that blends old-school pulp vibes with modern-day oddball flair. Drive-Away Dolls kicked things off with Qualley playing a carefree lesbian caught in a road trip gone sideways, and Honey Don’t! ups the stakes with a noir-tinted twist and an even wilder ensemble cast.
Joining Qualley this time is the queen of deadpan, Aubrey Plaza, who’s set to play a mysterious woman wrapped up in Honey’s investigation. Think sexual tension, sharp banter, and an alliance where trust is optional but sparks are inevitable.
Also along for the ride are Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, Gabby Beans, and Talia Ryder—adding layers of comedy, intrigue, and offbeat charm to a plot already brimming with promise.
Honey, She’s Smooth
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For Qualley, stepping into the role of Honey meant channeling a side of herself she doesn’t usually show.
She’s skillful, she’s smooth, she’s slipping in and out undetected,
Qualley said in an interview with i-D.
I had to be a little more suave than I am, more mysterious. I tend to want to diffuse things before they even happen. Honey doesn’t do that—she leans in.
It’s a departure from the actor’s real-life demeanor, but one that’s clearly a joy for her to explore. And she isn’t shy about her admiration for working with Coen and Cooke.
Working with Ethan and Tricia is unlike anything else I’ve ever known, she said. They just get it. It’s queer, it’s messy, it’s bold—everything I want to be part of.
Cooke, who co-wrote and edited the film, brings her own lived-in queer perspective to the project, ensuring authenticity underpins the camp and chaos. It’s the kind of collaboration where you can feel the creative freedom bleeding onto the screen.
Plaza + Qualley = Iconic Chaos?
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With Plaza’s addition to the cast, Honey Don’t! seems poised to deliver a dynamic queer duo for the ages. Fans are already speculating about the tension and chemistry between her mysterious character and Qualley’s PI.
If you loved Plaza’s brooding brilliance in The White Lotus or her off-kilter charm in Ingrid Goes West, expect a delicious new flavor here—one that sizzles in a sea of secrets, suspicion, and subtext.
What’s Next for the Trilogy?
While Qualley hasn’t been officially tapped for the third film in the trilogy, she’s already making her case public.
If I’m not in the third film, I will be offended and I will be upset,
she laughed during her i-D interview. We’re guessing Coen and Cooke got the memo.
Mark Your Calendar
Honey Don’t! is slated to hit theaters sometime in 2025, though no specific release date has been announced. If the first film’s mix of absurdity, queerness, and B-movie nostalgia was your jam, this one promises to turn the volume up to eleven.
So buckle up, queer cinema fans—Honey is on the case, and we’re already obsessed.
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