NEED TO KNOW
- Mikey Madison and Kirsten Dunst are set to star in a mermaid thriller titled Reptilia
- Madison took dwelling a shocking Greatest Actress win for Anora earlier this 12 months, beating out frontrunner Demi Moore
- Dunst portrayed a battle photojournalist in her final undertaking, Alex Garland’s Civil Warfare
Mikey Madison is prepared for her subsequent gig!
The 26-year-old Anora star will seem alongside Kirsten Dunst in Reptilia, a thriller from Alejandro Landes Echavarría, in line with Selection and The Hollywood Reporter.
Penned by Landes Echavarría and Duke Merriman, the story follows “a dental hygienist seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the darkish and moist underworld of Florida’s unique animal commerce.”
The undertaking for Madison, who additionally starred in Scream 5 and As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood, comes on the heels of the actress’ shocking Greatest Actress win on the Oscars for her function in Anora. Demi Moore had been thought of a frontrunner for the class attributable to her efficiency in The Substance.
The day after the ceremony, Moore, 62, shared an Instagram video highlighting moments from Sunday’s 97th Academy Awards. The footage included photographs of Moore preparing along with her workforce and canine Pilaf.
“As this awards season involves an in depth, I’m so overwhelmed with gratitude for this journey,” she wrote in her caption, shouting out the “forged, crew, and followers” of The Substance, together with director Coralie Fargeat and costar Margaret Qualley. “So grateful for my workforce, my fellow nominees, and everybody who has made this expertise so stuffed with pleasure and lightweight.”
Moore ended her submit by honoring the winner: “an enormous congratulations to #MikeyMadison — can’t wait to see what you do subsequent ♥️.”
Dunst’s final undertaking was Civil Warfare, an A24 drama from writer-director Alex Garland through which she performs a battle photographer.
Talking with ipromiseyoumedia, the Oscar-nominated actress, 43, shared how severely she took the function.
“I simply carried that digital camera round on a regular basis,” Dunst stated in a behind-the-scenes video shared solely with ipromiseyoumedia.
“As quickly as I acquired the function, I used to be like, ‘Alex, give me the digital camera,’ ” Dunst stated within the clip, including that she “was a bit of bit insecure” about creating an correct portrayal of her character, a photojournalist named Lee Smith. “That was my greatest worry, truly, wanting like I didn’t know what I used to be doing with the digital camera, or holding it in a method that it wasn’t like part of my physique.”
