Variety reports that Carmichael has joined the cast of
Poor Things, the upcoming Victorian-set film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Emma Stone as “a young woman named Belle Baxter who is brought back to life by an eccentric and brilliant scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter (Dafoe).”
Based on Alasdair Grey’s novel of the same name,
Poor Things is described as a story with a “Frankenstein-esque bent” with a focus on “love, discovery and scientific daring.” Ruffalo stars as Duncan Wedderburn, while Ramy Youssef (Hulu’s
Ramy) is Max McCandless. It’s not reported who Carmichael will be playing.
Carmichael might seem like a slightly left-field choice for a Lanthimos film, which are generally very dark, though with a vein of dark humor as seen in the Greek director’s 2018’s movie
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