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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C mon, tell me you don t want to see Willem Dafoe do Frankenstein. (Screenshot: Sony Pictures)
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Yorgos Lanthimos’ adaptation of the Alasdair Grey’s dark Victorian literature commentary is racking up an impressive cast…and taking what was already a pretty wild premise and ramping it up even further.
Deadline reports that along with Emma Stone (who starred in Lanthimos’
Yorgos Lanthimos Enters Negotiations With Willem Dafoe for Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos enters negotiations with Willem Dafoe for Poor Things
Just over a month after development on the project was first announced, Yorgos Lanthimos’ adaptation of
Poor Things is looking to expand its cast as the four-time Oscar nominee has entered talks with fellow four-Oscar nom Willem Dafoe (
The Lighthouse) to co-star in the film, according to Deadline.
The French Dispatch and Robert Eggers for
The Northman, as well as appearing in Guillermo del Toro’s star-studded thriller
Nightmare Alley and in Paul Schrader’s
The Card Counter alongside Oscar Isaac.
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