Taylour Paige & Riley Keough praise director Janicza Bravo's “empathy,” “sisterhood” while making 'Zola'

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Zola stars Taylour Paige and Riley Keough are praising director Janicza Bravo for the “sisterhood” and “sense of protection” she gave the actors while filming the explicit biographical comedy-drama, which follows a stripper’s wild trip to Florida.

Keough, who plays a cunning sex worker named Stefani, says there’s a big difference in having a woman in the director’s seat versus a man.

“I’ve been naked in almost every film I’ve done and I thought it was really interesting that this is the first movie that I’m not naked,” Keough tells ABC Audio. “And that you don’t see my boobs. And that