An Oscar-Winning Icon Showed Up to the ‘Freaky Tales’ Set on Day Two and Delivered Sundance’s Most Surprising Cameo: ‘We Were Thrilled’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director SPOILER ALERT: This story hints at a major cameo in the Sundance Film Festival premiere “Freaky Tales,” which debuted on opening night.
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s electrified the opening night of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival with “Freaky Tales,” a genre-driven anthology movie that tells four interconnected stories in 1987 Oakland, California.
The movie is a return to indie filmmaking for Fleck and Boden, who made a name for themselves as the directors of indie hits like “Half Nelson” before they jumped into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with “Captain Marvel.” “It was great to come back to the indie film world in a lot of ways,” Boden said at the Variety Studio presented by Audible. “It felt really natural because we’re telling a story that is very personal.
At the same time, we had all these tools we learned from making ‘Captain Marvel,’ from the stunts to the action and visual effects…we could bring that into a much more intimate way of telling a story.” “Having fewer resources and money is always challenging,” Boden continued. “Fewer days and less time… but there’s something beautiful about bringing people together that are hustling to get the same thing done.
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