Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is having a biographical film made about her gap year. The movie is called "When I'm a Moth" and is currently in production, Teen Vogue reported on Wednesday.
The actress portraying Clinton, Addison Timlin, spoke about the "nuanced" take on the film, which is centered around her gap year after law school that she spent in Alaska. According to Teen Vogue, some have compared the biopic to the film "Wild," jokingly calling it "HRC in the Wild."
Timlin said that the movie is "less about" the time period in her life and "[more] about... how her life from that point forward will be lived in a very specific way as to not disturb anyone—to become a very well-liked person."
She said that Clinton knew the future track of her career would depend on how well she was liked, and that women "all over the world" deal with this sort of bias.
"I think it was all intentional, but I don’t think it was disingenuous," Timlin said, adding that she believes Clinton "always tried to be liked."
"I think a lot of people feel that way about Hillary Clinton, that she’s always tried to be liked and that’s what people have veered away from," she said. "It’s interesting, but I think it’s something, unfortunately, women all over the world deal with in every way—this tragic need to be liked."
Timlin summed this up to being the, "tragic need of being liked."
"It’s interesting, but I think it’s something, unfortunately, women all over the world deal with in every way—this tragic need to be liked," she said.
Timlin also noted her devastation when Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election to President Donald Trump.
"I was devastated, especially because I thought she was super fucking capable," she said. "I don’t think any of us expected what happened to happen—but in that way, it kind of gives the movie another shape."