Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing, as well as major plot details for "The Drama."
Mia Tretta has always loved romantic comedies.
It’s why for the past few months, she was anxiously anticipating “The Drama” (in theaters April 3), a new film starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a couple who gets cold feet after one’s dark secret comes to light.
But Tretta’s excitement turned to dismay in recent weeks, after the movie’s big twist leaked online: Zendaya’s character, Emma, planned a school shooting at 15, although she never carried out the attack after another mass shooting foiled her plot.
“It was very shocking,” says Tretta, 21, a Brown University student and gun violence prevention advocate working with Everytown. “I started hearing it wasn’t this silly rom-com that it was being advertised as, but something much darker and related to my life.”
