Audrey Plaza, like critics of her newest movie Emily the Legal, is being attentive to how her movie is subverting the thriller style.

The White Lotus actress, who is about to host Saturday Night time Stay on Jan. 21, stopped by The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, to advertise her new movie and her look on the NBC sketch comedy present.

Because the host and actress have been discussing her newest film, Fallon broached how critics caught that the Plaza-led movie didn’t characteristic any weapons, going in opposition to the large display style grain in its choice.

“I believe that’s a extremely cool sort of bizarre factor in regards to the movie as a result of most thrillers launched weapons instantly,” the Emily the Legal actress mentioned.

Within the movie, Plaza stars as Emily, a lady struggling to repay pupil loans after her felony conviction retains stopping her from securing a well-paying job. When a good friend introduces her to a “dummy shopper” service — which is definitely a bank card fraud ring — that may assist her make money quick, she spirals additional into the fraud business. Plaza’s character faces a number of bodily confrontations and is seen utilizing a field cutter and taser, however by no means a gun.

Fallon famous that the absence of weapons wasn’t one thing he instantly observed and had solely picked up on after seeing the movie and studying critics’ responses to it.

“It’s an unconscious factor, I believe, for the viewers to look at that film and never even notice like, ‘Oh, there’s no weapons,’” Plaza responded. “However I believe it truly makes it extra anxiety-inducing since you’re like, ‘How is she going to take these guys down with no weapon like that?’”

For the actress, the shortage of firearms within the movie is in the end one thing that she appreciates. “I used to be sort of happy with that as a result of I don’t assume you want weapons,” she instructed Fallon. “We don’t want weapons.”

You possibly can watch her Tonight Present interview in its entirety beneath.