# ‘Club Kid’ Scene-Stealer Kirby Howell-Baptiste on Playing a Drugged-Up Party Girl Who Turns Jordan Firstman’s World Upside Down: She’s ‘A Complete Tornado’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/club-kid-scene-stealer-kirby-howell-baptiste-on-playing-a-drugged-up-party-girl-who-turns-jordan-firstmans-world-upside-down-shes-a-complete-tornado/
- Published: 2026-11-07T23:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T23:24:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/club-kid-star-kirby-howell-baptiste-edison-party-girl-1236914502/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Edison tells Peter that 10-year-old Arlo is his son.
- Her sudden arrival upends the club promoter’s life.
- Howell-Baptiste calls Edison a chaotic but relatable character.

## Summary

“Club Kid” follows Peter, a hard-partying New York club promoter whose life changes when Edison arrives with Arlo, a 10-year-old boy she says is his son. Kirby Howell-Baptiste’s brief appearance as the chaotic Edison delivers the film’s pivotal revelation and sends Peter into a search for her.

Edison says Peter fathered Arlo with her friend Leonine, who recently died by suicide, during a drug-fuelled encounter a decade earlier. She leaves Arlo with Peter and fails to return, while later accounts of her conduct at New York parties fill in more of her story. Howell-Baptiste describes the character as a “complete tornado” who is wild but recognisable.

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