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Itâs been a tense few years for Toni Collette (on screen that is) with a number of gripping projects to sink her acting chops into. The Oscar-nominated actress recently played a concerned ship commander on
Hereditary. But her latest project is
Dream Horse, a feel-good film about a Welsh store clerk and bartender who decides to breed her own horse into race shape.
Dream Horse is based on a true story about Jan Vokes and her horse Dream Alliance, as she raises money with the help of her community to compete in the horse racing big leagues. Throughout the film, Toni Collette brings real heart to the role in these intimate moments between her and Dream, with whom she seems to have had a deep connection. CinemaBlend sat down with Toni Collette to talk about how she found her own experience with the horses on set, and she said this:
Lean on Pete, each one after the other was a certified tear-jerker, packed with emotionally gutting performances that elevated somewhat dubious material. Who knew horses could be key to the tear-jerker formula?
Director Euros Lyn is no stranger to the sappy emotion, having hailed from some of BBC’s finest: the David Tennant era of
Doctor Who,
Broadchurch.
Dream Horse is Lyn’s first feature, a simple, kind truer-than-life tale about a small Welsh town that raise their own racehorse, aptly named Dream Alliance, to combat the malaise of their everyday lives. The most attached to the horse is Jan (Collette), a grocery store cashier by day and bartender by night who is tired of the same day-to-day routine and yearns for something worthy of waking up in the morning.