Why Hollywood Won't Cast Kat Dennings Anymore

Actors aren't merely empty vessels that exist to deliver the words and thoughts of writers. They are artists who interpret that dialogue and imbue it with humanity. As such, they yearn to be recognized for their most personal work ... or at least the puppet show they did as a lark.

In a 2018 interview with The AV Club, Dennings said the one thing she's done that "didn't get the attention it deserved" was a handmade puppet show created as a DVD extra for her 2008 film, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. "The director asked me if I wanted to make something for the special features, and I made this insanely elaborate puppet show of the film with paper dolls that I made myself, and I taped it on my little camera," she said. IT was "so stupid and cute" and "really lo-fi," but Dennings is very proud of this labor of love and, well, labor. "It took me a week to make all of the props," she said. "I made all the characters out of paper, and I drew them and colored them in and put glitter on them." She also took some creative license. In her version of Nick and Nora, every scene ends with the characters getting eaten by a bear. 

Maybe we haven't seen her lately because she's working on another puppet project? (Hey, we said maybe.)

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