When Kate Freund was a child, she wanted to learn how to fight. But her mother signed her up for dance classes instead.

However, the dance lessons didn’t supplant her desire to kick ass. Freund instead combined these two passions into Pretty Lethal; a screenplay about a group of ballerinas who must battle their way out of a bar full of criminals.

The film took over a decade to see the light of day. After many starts and stops, it was released earlier this year on Amazon Prime with a stacked cast that includes Uma Thurman, Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Avantika and Iris Apatow.

We talk to Freund about her journey to get Pretty Lethal on-screen.

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