Louise Linton welcomes baby with Steve Mnuchin, talks about ‘Chick Flick’ – The Hollywood Reporter
Chick Flick director Louise Linton is expecting a baby girl with husband Steve Mnuchin.
Chick: Courtesy of Stormchaser Films. Mnuchin: Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images. Stroller: Adobe Stock.
With the birth of her daughter on Tuesday, Louise Linton has premiered the first part of what she calls a ‘double feature’.
“I’m really happy,” says the Scottish actress.Cabin fever), who is married to producer and former Trump administration Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. This news comes just over a month before the release of her smutty romance on December 12 chick flake, Which she wrote, directed, produced and stars in as a bride who leaves her cheating groom at the altar before “plunging into the chaos of online dating and then having her misadventures go viral,” as she describes the film’s plot. Which also stars Sam Page (Grey’s Anatomy, Mad Men).
“It’s kind of a rom-com in the vein of things like Bride Wars, 27 dresses, bridesmaids,Adds Linton, who FaceTimed from Austin. “It’s a bit corny, which I also find really funny because I’m British, and I have a bit of a corny sense of humour. And we chose the title beautiful girl, because it is on the nose, and it is self-aware. It doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not – just a nice, silly, funny, raunchy movie. It’s a light-hearted escape.
Linton, who met Mnuchin in 2013, says she “hasn’t gotten to experience all the fun craziness” of online dating in her own life, but she has some experience with viral adventures, having faced a social media firestorm in 2017 with posts and comments. On Instagram, she flaunted her lifestyle of flying on government planes with Mnuchin (for which she later apologized).
“It was very educational,” Linton says of her humbling time in the political spotlight. She adds that criticism was fair game: “Anyone who is in politics in any way — even if you’re kind of casual, just by being married to someone — is going to be in the public eye. It’s always been that way.”
“I am happy to be back in the movie business.” Chick flake It will be available on most streaming platforms on December 12.
A version of this story first appeared in the November 8 issue of the magazine Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe.
