Anya Taylor-Joy: “Queen’s Gambit” is just the beginning of a career on the rise. Photo by AP
Anya Taylor-Joy, the actress who starred alongside the gamble of the queenI do not know that his picture with Pedro Almodóvar at the Oscars went all over the world with a comment by Agustín Almodóvar, brother and producer of the filmmaker, who said “here’s the future”.
“You’re so kind. I have no idea, wow! I’m looking forward to making a movie in Spanish,” he said, between some expressions of amazement –“yes?”, “oh”, “really?”-, while talking to the EFE agency from Los Angeles.
At 26, Taylor-Joy has developed her career in front of cameras mainly in English, but she believes the time has come to free her. his Spanish with a perfect Argentinian accent (He has triple British, American and Argentine nationality) and believes Almodóvar would be perfect for that.
Pedro Almodovar, along with actresses Aitana Sánchez Gijón, Penélope Cruz and Milena Smit on the latest stage of Goya. Photo EFE
If you knock on the filmmaker’s door from La Mancha, he’ll likely answer, fascinated by the actress ’singular appearance and some of the qualities she“ loves ”, as she said last year in the promotion of The Voice of Man.
Pedroooooooooooooooo!
Now he is the one who praises the director. “The way he tells stories, with its nuances, and really weird cinematic language … This is definitely a world I want to be a part of.“, he assured.
It remains to be seen if this exchange of compliments will be fulfilled in a joint project. may the long -awaited adaptation of Lucía Berlin’s stories being prepared by Almodóvara project that, however, will be shot in English.
Meanwhile, Taylor-Joy continues to add to his impressive filmography with four new films. They were all great productions, no one owned a franchise.
“I’m excited to be part of a great film that isn’t based on something already known. It reminds me of a time when I didn’t have a chance to live and where good films were made based solely on a story. , a filmmaker. or a cast. determined, “he said.
“The Man from the North”: epic, brutal and original
The first of those releases was people in the north, a remake of the classic Nosferatu (with a budget of 90 million dollars), set in 10th century Iceland, based on a Viking legend and with a cast also included Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Alexander Skarsgard and the singer björk.
Taylor-Joy said in “The Northman.”
The film reunites the actress with Robert Eggers, the director who made her Sundance Festival debut with the brutal. witch and it was also the first feature film for Taylor-Joy,
“We have always wanted to work together again. We admire each other (…). One day he called me and told me he was going to shoot an epic Viking story, which if he wanted to go to Northern Ireland for a few months and I told him that Of course, “he details.
Grandiloquent, violent and yet dirty, people in the northis a bet by Universal studios for an adult audience willing to see great stories without Marvel villains or a Star Wars character as the protagonist.
Favorite target of photographers, Anya on her trip to the Venice Festival. Photo by AFP
His new debut has exceeded box office expectations and word of mouth and good reviews are expected to draw more viewers to theaters, eager to lift their heads after the pandemic.
With Robert De Niro
In addition, Taylor-Joy will be seen in theaters in the coming months on three more occasions: In Canterbury Glass along with an awesome cast with Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Rami Malek and Robert De Niroand in comedy Menudirected by Adam McKay (Vice, Don’t look up).
She will give the voice to Princess Peach in the animated film of super mario bros.
That the future had passed through Almodóvar, only the two of them knew.
Origin of EFE
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Source: Clarin
