The cast of the new movie Poor Things hit the red carpet in London for the film’s UK premiere!
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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent After skipping Venice due to the actors’ strike, a busy Willem Dafoe is back on the festival trail, attending the 20th edition of the Marrakech Film Festival with his wife, filmmaker and actor Giada Colagrande. He spoke to Variety about his ties to Morocco, why he’s “happy to be promoting and starting to work again” now that the strike is over, and his role in Tim Burton’s upcoming “Beetlejuice 2.” How does it feel to be back in Marrakech? I’m happy to be back. Morocco for me is “The Last Temptation of Christ,” a film that was a beautiful experience.
And I loved shooting it because it demanded a lot of me and it was really full on. And it was very in the nature of Morocco. And we were working with an incredible Moroccan crew.
So that’s my association. I’ve always heard Marrakech was a beautiful festival as far as hospitality and also that it covers some films that aren’t often covered from Africa, Arab filmmakers, Moroccan filmmakers. So that’s cool.
And then I’m so happy to be promoting and starting to work again after the strike. So this is [about] getting moving again and seeing friends. And we’re going to make it better.
Speaking of promotions, you had three movies in Venice which you skipped in solidarity with the strike. In one, Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” you play Dr. Godwin Baxter, the unorthodox surgeon whom Bella, played by Emma Stone, calls God. He seems like such a fun character to play despite having to spend hours in make up. He was, just because I was surrounded by all this beautiful [Victorian] detail in this complete world; and also great cast, great script.
The cast of the new movie Poor Things hit the red carpet in London for the film’s UK premiere!
Emma Stone was a sex comedy MVP.The “La La Land” actress got her start in raunch-fests such as 2008’s “The House Bunny,” in which she played the leader of a sorority that invited a retired Playboy Playmate to be its house mother, and she took on the part of a teen outcast who faked hooking up with nerds for a quick buck in “Easy A” in 2010.Running time: 141 minutes. Rated R (strong and pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity, disturbing material, gore, and language).
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his upcoming appearance in “Beetlejuice 2,” the long-awaited sequel to 1988’s “Beetlejuice.”“I haven’t seen any footage yet, but it was fun to do,” Dafoe, 68, told Variety of the movie, which wrapped production in November. “I play a police officer in the afterlife, so I’m a dead person. And in life I was a B-movie action star, but I had an accident, and that’s what sent me to the other side.”Here’s everything to know about “Beetlejuice 2” so far.“Beetlejuice 2” is slated to hit theaters on Sept.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Melita Toscan du Plantier has been the driving force behind the Marrakech Film Festival ever since her late husband, revered French producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier, wrote to Morocco’s king two decades ago expressing “his ambition for a big international festival in Morocco,” as she recounts. The festival’s 20th edition is currently underway in the ancient Moroccan city, despite the Israel-Hamas conflict that has caused cancellations of several other fests in the region as well as the earthquake that hit the country in September.
Tim Burton’s upcoming Beetlejuice sequel in a new interview. Speaking to Variety from this year’s edition of the Marrakech Film Festival, the veteran actor discussed various topics relating to his latest projects, including his involvement in Beetlejuice 2. Dafoe straightforwardly explained his role, stating: “I play a police officer in the afterlife, so I’m a dead person.
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