Drake Burnette

Drake Burnette

leading actress of Larry Clark’s film “Marfa Girl”

interview and portrait by ALEXIS DAHAN

 

Drake Brunette is the beguiling, long-legged lead of Larry Clark’s new film Marfa Girl. With a background in art history — not in acting — the 26-year-old Austin native planned on applying to graduate school until a spate of good fortune forced her to reconsider. After wrapping Marfa Girl, Drake moved to Brooklyn, signed with DNA Models and is following her star where it takes her.

ALEXIS DAHAN — So how did you end up working on Larry Clark’s film in Marfa?
DRAKE BURNETTE — Larry and I have a mutual friend named Jim Lewis who co-wrote the story for Kids with Larry. Jim and I were just e-mailing back and forth about books and then he was like, “Oh, by the way, this casting happened. I thought of…