'The Queen's Gambit': Why Marielle Heller Was the Best, Most Unexpected Choice for Alma (Exclusive)
Anya Taylor-Joy may be the star of Netflix’s wildly successful limited series,, playing Beth Harmon in the coming-of-age drama about a chess prodigy, but it’s director Marielle Heller, who appears as her adoptive mother, Mrs. Alma Wheatley, who steals all the scenes.“She really threw herself into that character,” executive producer William Horberg tells ET about the filmmaker, who has earned critical acclaim for helming, and.