Nicole Ansari-Cox on How Her Longstanding Marriage With Brian Cox Helped For Her Role in Newcomer Shireen Khaled’s Short ‘In the Night’: Watch Clip
06.05.2024 - 14:13
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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Multi-hyphenate Nicole Ansari-Cox has a lot going on. The London-based actor, producer, writer and activist just shot Southern Italy-set rom-com “Under the Stars” directed by Michelle Danner where she stars alongside Toni Colette, Andy Garcia and Alex Pettyfer. In addition, she appears in Austrian director Kat Rohrer’s “What a Feeling” that premiered recently at the BFI FLARE: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
Soon Ansari-Cox will be in Cannes as part of the production team for “Glenrothan,” the directorial debut of her husband Brian Cox which is being sold at the Marché du Film. She’s also in young Lebanese director Shireen Khaled’s short “In the Night,” about a long-married couple who, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, realize they have suddenly fallen out of love and spend a night trying to rekindle the flame. “In the Night,” in which Ansari-Cox stars opposite actor-singer-songwriter Jack O’Neill, premiered last month at the Beirut International Women Film Festival where it scored the audience award.
A graduate of New York’s The New School, Khaled has also made another short titled “Nothing Has Changed,” starring Lebanese actress Nada Abou Farhat as a female tailor who reconnects with an old flame in her shop. It was directed entirely via Zoom. Khaled and Ansari-Cox have now teamed up on Khaled’s first feature film project that will be based on both these shorts.
They spoke to Variety about how their collaboration came about. Variety: Nicole, how did Shireen manage to bring you on board? Nicole Ansari-Cox: My manager sent me a message saying: “Well, this New School student has this script for a short film. Are you interested?” I replied: “No, I’m not interested in short films or
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