[This story contains spoilers from Forbidden Fruits.] When Victoria Pedretti is on your screen, just know she’s there for a reason. “This bitch doesn’t want to do anything she has to do,” the 31-year-old actress quips to The Hollywood Reporter, as she’s solely focused on projects that have an impact on people. Over the last decade, Pedretti has cemented her status as a modern-day “scream queen” with her intense performances in Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting horror anthology series and later the hit Netflix series You, starring opposite Penn Badgley. Now she’s delivering for audiences again in the comedy horror film Forbidden Fruits, directed by Meredith Alloway. The movie follows Apple (Lili Reinhart), who leads a secret witch cult with coworkers Cherry (Pedretti) and Fig (Alexandra Shipp) at a mall store. But when new hire Pumpkin (Lola Tung) questions their sisterhood, they’re forced to confront inner darkness or meet violent ends. “I’m really interested in the conversations that it can cultivate,” she says of the pic. “It’s a fun film, but it’s a Trojan horse for a lot of …