Anya Taylor-Joy asked to play ‘The Lighthouse’ mermaid but the director said no

MILWAUKEE -- Actor Willem Dafoe is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee next month.University officials announced Friday that Dafoe will receive the doctorate of arts on May 22. He’s slated to speak at the school’s two graduation ceremonies that day.

Being the Ricardos, Roar, The Northman and more, Nicole Kidman is seriously booked and busy. MORE: Roar: viewers have same reaction to Nicole Kidman’s bizarre Apple TV+ showFrom film to television, the star has been launching and celebrating back to back projects, with The Northman having premiered less than a week ago, on 22 April, and her new dark comedy, Roar, premiering just a week before that, on 15 April.Even amid her busy schedule, the actress took a moment to honor two of the women that made one of her projects all the better.WATCH: The trailer for Apple TV's RoarMORE: Fans share concern for Nicole Kidman after latest postIn light of Woman Crush Wednesday, Nicole took to Instagram to share a sweet tribute to her The Northman co-stars, Anya Taylor-Joy, of The Queen's Gambit fame, and singer Björk.The post first featured a photo of the two actresses as they attended the film's premiere, with Nicole wearing a fabulous yellow dress with peach hued feathers, and Anya looking chic as ever in a white gown with stunning gold jewelry.The post also included two clips from The Northman, and her co-stars' transformations were so impressive, they beg to be seen on the big screen in theaters.A post shared by Nicole Kidman (@nicolekidman)The heartfelt tribute and shocking transformationsThe first is of Björk, who plays Seeress, looking unrecognizable as her eyes seem to be dripping black paint, and she appears wearing a headpiece with shells and long plants attached to it.MORE: Alexander Skarsgård talks relationship and reunion with The Northman co-star Nicole KidmanMORE: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise's daughter wows with beach destination snapshotAnya on the other hand looks a little more recognizable, though just as

Robert Pattinson will reprise his role as Batman in a sequel to the hit film, it has been reported.

“The Batman” – how it was made, what decisions went into bringing this new reboot to light and what happens next. The good news is, director and co-writer Matt Reeves illuminates a lot of this on the audio commentary track that accompanies the film’s digital release.

EXCLUSIVE: ICM has just signed The Northman actor Gustav Lindh.

After “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” director Robert Eggers brings his passion for meticulous historical recreation and his interest in the (often tortured) psyches of past generations to the violent and epic world of Vikings in “The Northman” (read our review). Unlike actor Alexander Skarsgård, who plays the film’s eponymous hero (read our interview with the actor here), Eggers was never particularly inspired by these ruthless people before the idea for the movie was suggested to him — which only makes his achievement on “The Northman” more impressive.

Anya Taylor-Joy has commented on the end of Peaky Blinders, reflecting on her experience as a cast member.The actor, who played Gina Gray in the beloved BBC series, recently told NME that working on Peaky Blinders was “so much fun”.When asked for her thoughts on the much-awaited series finale, Taylor-Joy said she couldn’t reveal plot details as she didn’t “want to get in trouble”.“It’s a show that is so stylised, the sets are so beautifully created and everybody is so pleased to be there, we’ve had such a great time,” she went on.“It was really really good to go and wrap it up in a particular way.”Watch the full interview here:Her co-star from The Northman, Alexander Skarsgård, then joked that Anya Taylor-Joy’s character could potentially be the main antagonist.“I kill everyone. I murder everybody,” Taylor-Joy jokingly said.In a five-star review of The Northman, NME wrote: “And yet for all the weirdness, Eggers’ gruesome ode to Hamlet packs its biggest punch during the fight scenes.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBenjamin Bratt has been cast in the Natasha Lyonne-led Peacock series “Poker Face,” which hails from creator Rian Johnson.Variety has learned exclusively that Bratt is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding cast. Another recently announced cast members include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, and David Castañeda. Plot and character details for the series are being kept largely under wraps, though sources say the show will follow a procedural format and see Lyonne’s character working to solve different murders in each episode.Bratt most recently appeared opposite Rosario Dawson in the HBO Max limited series “DMZ,” which debuted in March on the streamer.

Alexander Skarsgård does not simply play the eponymous man of the North in Robert Eggers’ Viking epic “The Northman” — the Swedish actor essentially knocked the first domino down in the process of turning the project into a reality, convincing Eggers to delve into a history the director previously had no interest in. The result, in ways not completely dissimilar to Eggers’ 2019, somehow pre-lockdown cabin fever freakout “The Lighthouse” is a rousing and maniacal portrait of raging masculinity and hot-blooded violence: in his most physically demanding and biggest film role since 2016’s “The Legend of Tarzan,” Skarsgård tears through villages as a berserker and pursues vengeful retribution on the uncle who tore his family apart.

Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicole Kidman are each other’s biggest fans. The stars praised each during the Los Angeles premiere of their film The Northman.

Robert Eggers‘ viking epic “The Northman” in Northern Ireland may not have been the most pleasant experience for the cast and crew due to the brutal weather and dangerous landscape, but the stars of the film wouldn’t have it any other way.“I do not complain ever really,” Anya Taylor-Joy told Variety at the Los Angeles premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday night. “There was one day when the mud came up to about my knees and it had frozen,” Taylor-Joy said. “I essentially squeaked out a ‘Please can we roll?’ and Robert was like, ‘Oh, Anya is asking if we can roll, we should roll.’ But we did it, it’s in the movie and it looks great.”Taylor-Joy looks back at the shoot fondly despite the hardships.

Writer/director Robert Eggers returns with his third feature film, “The Northman,” after giving us arresting genre thrillers like “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse.” His new movie takes us 1,000 years into the past with a young Viking prince who witnesses his father’s murder and his kingdom stolen, only to return years later to intact a path of violence and revenge which is based on the original Scandinavian tale that directly influenced “Hamlet.” Focus Features has released a short red band trailer (See below) ahead of “The Northman” swinging into theaters this week, focusing on heroic character Amleth’s brutal journey towards his goal of revenge within this visually stunning setting.

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The stars of The Northman are looking incredible in these new red carpet photos!

Warning: The following contains spoilers for “The Batman.”When “The Batman” hit theaters, fans and critics alike praised co-writer and director Matt Reeves’ new vision for the Caped Crusader, but one scene in particular was the subject of much chatter post-release. We’re talking, of course, about the scene at the end of the film in which Paul Dano’s The Riddler is revealed to be sharing a cell at Arkham Asylum with someone credited as “Unseen Arkham Prisoner” who has a very distinctive laugh.Yes indeed, Reeves has since confirmed that this character – played by actor Barry Keoghan – will eventually become the iconic Batman villain The Joker, but isn’t yet fully formed.

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As floridly written and meticulously etched as they are, at their core the ornate period works of director Robert Eggers summon an elemental human conundrum: the constant clash between free will and the unexplainable in the construction of one’s fate. If there are forces beyond our control meddling in our mortal existences, must we surrender or can we fight back? In 2015’s “The Witch,” a young woman gives in to the preternatural entities that haunt her in part to go against a religious microcosm that demands her submissiveness.