Under the Bridge
Hulu’s ‘Under the Bridge’ Tells the Story of Reena Virk — and The Notorious B.I.G.
In the first episode of Hulu’s Under the Bridge, Reena Virk is trying to fit in with a new group of friends. Her way of bonding? Playing The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1997 opus Life After Death. That album — his second — was released 16 days after the rap icon was gunned down to death. Virk, […]
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Reena Virk Does Not Need to Earn Your Sympathy (Guest Column)
It’s a Thursday morning and I’m barely awake when my phone greets me with a disturbing response to the fourth episode of Under the Bridge: tweet after tweet expressing anger, even hatred, toward Reena Virk. Someone saying, “I’m not even mad she gets killed.” I’m upset, but I wish I could say that I’m surprised. […]
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Riley Keough on Bringing Humanity to the Tragic Story in ‘Under the Bridge’ Finale
[This story contains major spoilers from the Under the Bridge finale, “Mercy Alone.”] The final episode of Under the Bridge saw the complete, real-life events come to light around the night Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta in the series) was killed in Saanich, British Columbia by a group of teenagers. She was 14 when […]
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Events of the Week: ‘Challengers,’ ‘Abigail’ and More
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Challengers, Abigail, Under the Bridge and Coachella. PaleyFest The annual TV festival kicked off on April 12 and runs through the 21st, with events for The Morning Show, Loki, Young Sheldon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, […]
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Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough DM’d About Indigenous Issues for Years Before ‘Under the Bridge’
The star-studded casting of Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough in Hulu’s Under the Bridge, as it turns out, all started in the DMs. The series, which counts Keough as an executive producer, is based on the true story of Reena Virk, a 14-year-old girl who was beaten and murdered by a group of teenagers in […]
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