Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, AND Margaret Qualley join Yorgos Lanthimos’ AND
Emma Stone previously starred in the Lanthimos' 2018 film The Favourite
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Acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos has set the cast for his next feature. Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, and Margaret Qualley will star in AND, according to Deadline. Plot details have yet to be shared, but Lanthimos and his returning co-writer Efthimis Fillipou are known for their incisive, dark-humored scripts.
The Greek director’s profile has been steadily rising internationally, with Dogtooth receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2011. The Lobster was nominated for Best Original Screenplay in 2017 and is widely considered to be a career highlight performance for stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz. Released in 2018, The Favourite also starred Stone and has remained culturally relevant to the point that one of the teens in Do Revenge has a pet lizard named Oscar Winner Olivia Colman.
Besides AND and The Favourite, Stone and Lanthimos collaborated on the short film Bleat, as well as the forthcoming Poor Things, which also co-stars Dafoe and Qualley alongside Mark Ruffalo. The Victorian-set feature is an adaptation of Alisdair Gray’s novel and is anticipated for release later this year.
Dafoe will be heading to the New Orleans set of AND from Italy, where he has been filming Finalmente L’alba opposite Lily James, Joe Keery, and Rachel Sennott. He was seen earlier this year in The Northman and Dead For A Dollar. Besides Poor Things, he also has Asteroid City coming out this year, his fifth time in a Wes Anderson project.
Plemons was nominated for an Oscar this year for his role in The Power Of The Dog. He was last seen in another Netflix movie, Windfall. Up next, he’ll be appearing in Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon and the HBO Max true crime miniseries Love And Death.
Finally, following her Emmy-nominated turn in Maid, Qualley will be seen in A24's Stars At Noon next month. She also has Poor Things and Sanctuary coming up later this year.
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Damn it, you just barely beat me to the punch by 32 minutes!
When they lob you a fat one like that you just gotta swing for the fences.
Lance?
Whoever is in charge of SEO for this movie is going to need therapy.
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The world needs an insightful movie about improv comedy shows.
They did. It’s called Don’t Think Twice.
Good for Margaret Qualley, good to see Hollywood finally reward the children of other Hollywood stars, an often overlooked group of people.
Just like that unknown actress starring in Smile
Ok so this is where I just learned that 1) Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgewick are married (since 1988) 2) that they have a daughter 3) that daughter is starring in a new movie.
I remember liking her in Maid but also thinking “this girl looks way too healthy and gorgeous to be going through what’s happening here.” Then we looked up who she is and ngl it kiiinda ruined it a bit.
Yeah, kind of poor tourism to get Hollywood royalty to tell the true story of poor person.
It’s like Eli and Peyton Manning. Total nepotism.
Yes, they maybe don’t get accepted into the same top college football programs if their dad isn’t Archie.
Or maybe it’s because they were trained from childhood by, you know, an NFL-caliber quarterback. Do I need to dissect this frog any further?
Do you have famous parents? Dunno why you’re in the tank for them.
I just find it dismissive of people when they cry nepotism. Yeah, they have a built-in leg-up on others, but that only gets your foot in the door. Everything after that is on you. Sofia Coppola is a good example. The world quickly (and rightfully) said “no” to her acting abilities, but then she pivoted to behind the camera where she is far more talented. (And let’s be fair: Coppola wasn’t even the first choice for that role in Godfather III: Wynona Ryder dropped out.)Qualls may have a famous mother, and that may have helped her out in the early going, but she has built a solid resume that includes multiple Emmy nominations. Nepotism doesn’t buy you that.Same with the Mannings. Maybe Archie knew some scouts and coaches, but saying “Archie’s my dad!” doesn’t win you multiple Super Bowls.
Won’t someone think of the nepotism babies
Heh, that collage up there makes it look like Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe are holding hands.
It’s cute.
I’m not even gay and that turns me on.