"It's also, notably, Lola Tung's first major role since The Summer I Turned Pretty. During a Q&A after the film, she talked about the contrast between the two roles. Dressed in a black lingerie top with a black skirt and a black cape, like she was ready to go into the woods and conduct a sacrifice, she quipped, 'I mean, I don't know, Cousins is pretty dangerous.'"
"She plays Pumpkin, a Dallas-area transplant working at a mall pretzel joint, who gets plucked from that bottom-of-the-food-chain job to be one of the elite sales girls at Free Eden, a high-end boho clothing boutique whose logo looks suspiciously like Free People's."
"Early in the film, we see the three young women who work there wearing short shorts, wielding be-stickered Stanley mugs, wearing matching charm bracelets, and marking their territory across the food court, like in any good high school movie. Denizens give up their lunch table as soon as they approach, whispering, 'They're like mall royalty!'"
Forbidden Fruits is a new horror satire directed by Meredith Alloway that premiered at SXSW and releases March 27. The film follows Pumpkin, played by Lola Tung in her first major role since The Summer I Turned Pretty, who works at a mall pretzel stand before being recruited to join the elite sales team at Free Eden, a high-end boho clothing boutique. The boutique's three existing employees—Apple, Fig, and Cherry—function as mall royalty with cult-like dynamics. The film combines the stylized, slang-heavy tone of Mean Girls with occult horror elements and slasher conventions, creating a satirical commentary on consumerism and social hierarchies within retail environments.
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