Netflix will release Pablo Larraín’s Maria Callas biopic, which stars Angelina Jolie as the legendary opera singer.
A sensation at this year’s Cannes, winner of the Jury Prize and the historic Best Actress award shared by leads, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Adriana Paz.
“You want everyone’s work to shine. My job as an editor is to bring out the best in everybody.”
“There was a lot of preparation, especially when we got Olivia Colman and Claire Foy confirmed for the episode with Imelda Staunton. We always knew about the last scene, having three queens altogether would be iconic.”
“Some things were kind of surprisingly homey, and I thought, if I replicate this, it’s going to look like we can’t afford to do this stuff.”
Trainspotting, Misery, and Harry Potter were just a few of the costume designer’s references for Baby Reindeer.
“At the end when you understand that Princess Margaret says goodbye to Queen Elizabeth, which I feel that in the whole film and how it’s been built up, that it works, that you really feel that The Queen is actually walking in on her own and now she’s on her own.”
“It was tempting to put her in piece after piece of designer pieces, whether it was Versace or Chanel.”
“Our thinking throughout the whole show was that we were basic in Donny’s head, and that was a principle that was kind of linking everything together.”
“We were very keen not to do impersonations or lookalikes in terms of approaching these characters.”