Variety Apologizes for ‘Insensitive Language’ About Carey Mulligan in ‘Promising Young Woman’ Review

Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut Promising Young Woman could have easily been your classic revenge fantasy thriller, with its tale of Cassie, a grief-stricken, silently enraged woman on a mission to expose every last sexual predator in town. Only it’s so much more.

“Emerald [Fennell] wanted Cassie to look much more cheerful than she actually was. A character like that, that’s kind of depressed, and doesn’t have much of a life, and is kind of living in the past, you might think they would just not care about the way they look, or just dress darkly, or not be as perky—pastels, and colors, and flowers, and feminine. And I loved that Emerald wanted to twist it up that way.” — Nancy Steiner

Ken Jennings went on an apology tour after old tweets mocking the disabled community resurfaced.In a string of tweets on Wednesday, December 30, the Jeopardy! consulting producer, 46, admitted that he tweeted “some unartful and insensitive things” in the past.Jennings claimed that many of the tweets “worked as jokes” in his mind, but said he was “dismayed to see how they read on screen.” He didn’t delete them, though, because he thought that would be “whitewashing a mistake.”He wrote, “Sometimes

"Jeopardy!" star Ken Jennings is saying he's sorry. The reality star, 46, has issued an apology on Twitter for past comments he's made in jest -- including one about Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Trump.

“Jeopardy!” GOAT Ken Jennings is offering an apology for some past behaviour he says he’s not proud of.

How talented is Emerald Fennell? So much so that in the span of two months she went tete-a-tete with Princess Diana as the indomitable Camilla Parker Bowles in Season 4 of “The Crown” and won the prestigious Best Screenplay honor from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her feature directorial debut, “Promising Young Woman.” And before the pandemic hit? Oh, she was just prepping a new “Cinderella” musical for the West End with some composer name Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Like the title suggests, Promising Young Woman brought a glimmer of promise to the specialty box office space. The Emerald Fennell-directed dramatic thriller starring Carey Mulligan debuted in 1,310 theaters in North America on December 25 earning an estimated $680K.

Variety has apologized for its review of Carey Mulligan’s new movie.

Carey Mulligan’s latest film, the provocatively dark and twisted comedic thriller, “Promising Young Woman” — about a young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, who seeks out vengeance against those who cross her path — has certainly sparked conversation on social media and within the film community.

Emerald Fennell—best known as Camilla Parker Bowles on seasons three and four of , as well as the showrunner on season two of —makes her directorial debut with Promising Young Woman, out December 25. She also wrote the comedy-thriller, which stars Carey Mulligan as a former medical student who takes revenge on the people involved in the rape of her best friend.

Variety review, because I’m a weak person,” Mulligan told the New York Times in an interview out Wednesday. “And I took issue with it.”“Promising Young Woman” centers on her character Cassie’s mission to catch men in the act of attempting to sleep with her when she’s seemingly very drunk.

Watch: Trailer for Promising Young WomanCarey Mulligan has criticised beauty standards in Hollywood, which force women to look like “supermodels” in order to get major roles. The Oscar-nominated star is currently promoting her awards-tipped performance in Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller Promising Young Woman.

Also Read: 'Sylvie's Love' Review: Tessa Thompson Pursues Love and Career in Swoon-Worthy Period RomanceCassie’s avoidance routine is interrupted by the arrival of an old classmate, Ryan (Bo Burnham), who professes a longtime crush on her and asks her out. Inadvertently, his presence also brings up painful memories for Cassie, which are slowly revealed to be a traumatic event that led to the end of her dreams of becoming a doctor.

Emerald Fennell could picture her lying in a bed as a man began to strip off her clothes. "" she would slur, then again as he moved to remove her underwear.

Is it a #MeToo-era revenge thriller? A 21st-century “Fatal Attraction”? A candy-colored feminist polemic, to strains of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? A black comedy? A comic tragedy?None of the above — and all of the above. Which is to say: a film as bracingly original as Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman" defies labels.Here’s a couple good adjectives, though: Startling — the only way to describe Fennell’s vision and execution in this, her directorial debut.

Update 12/22/2020: Heather issued an apology on Monday (Dec. 21) evening for her comments. “To all those who felt triggered by my message, I want to sincerely apologize for the harm I caused,” she tweeted. “Whether you, a friend, a family member has been a victim of pedophilia, I realize my words may have been insensitive to your experience and for that, I can’t express enough how sorry I am.”

Heather Morris is apologizing after a series of tweets about her late co-star Mark Salling. The 33-year-old star took to Twitter on Monday night, sharing a statement after days of back and forth with commenters online. «To all those who felt triggered by my message, I want to sincerely apologize for the harm I caused,» Morris wrote.

I think we can all agree that Carey Mulligan should have more than one Oscar nomination to her name. Yes, her nod for a decade ago for “An Education” was well deserved, but in the years following she’s been overlooked far too often for incredible performances in “Shame,” “Inside Llewyn Davis” and “Wildlife,” among others.

The winners of the 2020 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards have been announced!

Running time: 114 min. Rated R (violence, language, drug use).If ever there was a movie worth venturing back to the theater for, it’s this blistering horror-comedy.