Margaret Qualley is teasing simply how “extremely surreal” it was to star in a Richard Linklater movie.
Qualley, who seems in Linklater’s upcoming Lorenz Hart biopic “Blue Moon,” informed IndieWire that she has been making an attempt to work with the auteur for greater than a decade.
“I’ve been a longtime fan of Richard Linklater,” Qualley stated. “I feel I auditioned for him the primary time 10 years in the past.”
Whereas Qualley solely revealed that the movie she auditioned for was the truth is made, she didn’t say its title… though Linklater’s ’70s college-centric “All people Loves Some!!” was launched in 2016.
Qualley’s admiration for Linklater was cemented along with his 2014 function “Boyhood,” which felt particularly private to Qualley as she was the identical age as its lead character. Oscar-nominated “Boyhood” was filmed throughout 12 years, with Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette starring. The function was nominated for six Academy Awards, together with Greatest Image.
“I gushed out to Ethan Hawke on the premiere of my buddy’s movie, ‘First Reformed,’ as a result of he simply had ‘Boyhood’ come out a number of years prior and that one movie simply hit me so exhausting,” Qualley stated. “I might draw so many parallels between the child in ‘Boyhood’ and my life. I used to be the identical age because the man in ‘Boyhood,’ so it was tremendous loopy as a result of all the pieces that was taking place on the planet and his life occurred on the planet in my life on the similar time. I used to be in the identical grade as him when Obama was elected, and I used to be the identical age as him when my dad and mom received divorced. It was so wild for me to look at that film. It simply left such an impression on me.”
“The Substance” star is now getting her likelihood to behave reverse “Boyhood” alum and profession Linklater collaborator Hawke with “Blue Moon,” which can premiere on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition on February 18. Andrew Scott and Bobby Cannavale additionally star. The movie tells the story of American lyricist Lorenz Hart as he battles with alcoholism and psychological well being throughout the opening of Broadway present “Oklahoma!” on March 31, 1943.
“It’s actually the dream collab duo,” Qualley stated of working with each Hawke and Linklater. “It was extremely surreal for me. To be within the flesh with Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke and have the ability to not solely witness their course of however be part of it was life-changing.”
Qualley’s collaborations with auteurs like Quentin Tarantino and Coralie Fargeat proceed along with her reunion with “Drive-Away Dolls” director Ethan Coen. Qualley leads Coen’s “Honey Don’t!” alongside Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner, and Talia Ryder. Qualley performs a personal investigator wanting right into a Bakersfield, California primarily based cult, led by a charismatic founder (Evans). Coen co-wrote the movie along with his spouse Tricia Cooke; the duo additionally penned “Drive-Away Dolls.”
“I simply love Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke so rattling a lot and love being on their set,” Qualley stated of the Focus Options movie that shall be launched in Could. “I can can hardly put into phrases how particular making that film was for me and dealing with Aubrey Plaza, who’s one in all my favourite actors and other people of all time.”
However don’t rely on any “As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood” parallels aside from the cult plot line.
“Oh, perhaps simply the automobile,” Qualley teased, hinting at a interval piece.
Qualley will subsequent go into manufacturing on “Victorian Psycho,” which marks one other director reunion. Qualley’s “Sanctuary” director Zachary Wigon is bringing the novel adaptation to the display, with manufacturing beginning in February 2024 in Dublin, Eire. Qualley is ready to play a governess who’s caring for kids in a distant gothic manor whereas hiding her psychopathic tendencies. Thomasin McKenzie additionally stars within the A24 thriller.
“I’ve by no means performed a British accent earlier than, in order that’s terrifying,” Qualley stated of getting ready for the function, which additionally requires her to don a corset. “I’ve been engaged on the accent, and my poor husband, I’ve restricted our films to solely British accent films. I learn this e book on the Victorian life and it was actually fascinating. It’s simply form of superb how a lot we’ve advanced in such a short while interval. And I’ve been carrying a corset round the home to get snug with that. It’s really not as dangerous as you suppose if it suits nicely, and it’s form of enjoyable. I’m simply making an attempt to get used to transferring a bit of bit in another way.”
And whereas Qualley has a full slate of movies within the works, she doesn’t have any wishes in the meanwhile to direct herself.
“[Working with Linklater] impressed me to do extra of what I do already,” Qualley stated. “I don’t actually have any huge directing ambitions, however I actually worth administrators and I really feel like I’m doing such a distinct factor than they’re. I actually like simply love working with those that I really feel like know extra about films than I do and studying from them.”