Sophie Turner isn’t holding something again in terms of hyping up her newest 2025 film launch. The previous Recreation of Thrones solid member took to social media this week to share behind-the-scenes photographs from the set of her new horror film Belief, and the photographs instantly caught the eye of followers, together with me.
Turner marked her newest publish GoT undertaking’s launch by posting a carousel of behind-the-scenes photographs on her official Instagram. In a single standout picture, she poses in her trailer mirror sporting solely underwear, lined in stage blood, and smiling after what was clearly an intense day on set.
The publish racked up greater than 100,000 likes over the weekend, with the Darkish Phoenix actress’s followers flooding the feedback to cheer on her new enterprise into full-throttle horror. Paramount Films even jumped into the feedback to share their pleasure, writing:
SOOO EXCITED!! ❤️❤️
On the middle of Belief is Lauren Lane (Turner), a child-star-turned-TV-sweetheart whose squeaky-clean picture shatters after a hacker leaks her non-public images, together with a constructive being pregnant take a look at. Together with her fame below siege and her profession hanging within the stability, Lauren flees to a distant cabin up the California coast together with her canine, Georgie. However her try at refuge solely opens the door to extra horrors as her Airbnb supervisor spies on her by hidden cameras, burglars plot to rob her, and a hitman, employed by her highly effective TV “father,” Peter (Billy Campbell), is dispatched to silence her after she refuses an abortion.
The Joan star’s publish is pure hype, and I am excited to test the flick out, however early crucial reception to Belief suggests the flick could not dwell as much as its grisly promise. In accordance with experiences, the film—launched on August 22—has stumbled out of the gate with a bleak 40% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, struggling to win over critics or generate a ton of viewers momentum in its opening weekend. Practically everybody agrees Turner’s efficiency is dedicated, however most critics have argued that her work is swallowed by a narrative that feels messy and unfocused.
On paper, it’s the sort of paranoid, claustrophobic thriller that would channel actual anxieties about movie star, privateness, and exploitation. However in response to critics, director Carlson Younger and author Gigi Levangie couldn’t decide on what story they needed to inform. At occasions, the film veers into survival horror; at others, it flirts with darkish comedy, facet quests involving animal rescuers, and plotlines that really feel torn from three totally different drafts. The end result, one reviewer famous, is like watching “three films without delay.”
Regardless of the uneven writing, The Staricase performer is clearly giving all the pieces she’s obtained. Critics have praised her uncooked depth, noting that she grounds the movie even when the narrative spins away from her character. The choice to solid her as a former baby star navigating scandal is a pointed one, echoing her personal expertise of rising up on Recreation of Thrones (streaming with an HBO Max subscription) from age 14 to 23.
With stiff competitors from buzz-heavy horror hit Weapons, Belief at all times confronted an uphill climb on the field workplace. However not less than these pictures verify Sophie Turner went all out for the function… and did so with a smile on her face.