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In Gia Coppola’s new indie film, The Last Showgirl, Brenda Song flashes a side of her we’ve never seen before. The movie — about a group of performers at a topless Vegas revue who’ve been hit with the news that their show will close after 30 years — opens with the furious click-clacking of dozens of heels hitting metal stairs. Then, Song’s Mary-Anne enters the shot in a sequined bralette and headpiece, making a quip about a lackluster crowd: “Did someone raid a cemetery for this f*ckin’ audience?”

In an overwhelmingly somber film, Song’s delivery is a comedic balm. “It’s funny because up until these last couple of years I feel like I’ve never sworn on-screen,” Song tells me when I mention that some of her most laugh-out-loud beats in the movie involve her cursing — at an audience, at a door handle. “Coming from a Disney Channel background, I think people are almost scared. It feels weird to see you that way.”