Should we be surprised it has taken Robin Wright this long to direct a feature film? She has been in or adjacent to the business for about 40 years. Raised in San Diego in the US, Wright did some modelling in her early teens before securing a role in the daytime soap Santa Barbara. The international breakthrough came in 1987 with her role as Buttercup â âprobably the most beautiful woman in the worldâ â in the immortal Princess Bride.
She has never gone away. A famously on-off-on-off marriage to Sean Penn came to an end in 2010. You can see her in Forrest Gump, Unbreakable and David Fincherâs the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. She helped launch the streaming television revolution when, in 2013, House of Cards landed in one bingey lump. Wright directed 10 episodes of that political drama and now finally delivers an impressive feature debut with Land. Actors have an advantage when it comes to breaking the male grip on the megaphone, but shoulders still need to be pressed against jammed doors.