Phoebe Dynevor Breaks Down Her Bold ‘Fair Play’ Role and Auditioning to Be James Gunn’s Lois Lane: ‘It Was a Whirlwind’
variety.comSPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Fair Play,” now streaming on Netflix. When Phoebe Dynevor read the first pages of the script for “Fair Play,” a relationship thriller set in the cutthroat world of hedge funds, she thought, “Fuck yeah.” The opening moments of the film, from writer-director Chloe Domont, are focused on Emily and Luke, a young couple who sneak away from his brother’s wedding reception for a quickie in the bathroom, only to discover that she’s gotten her period.
Now there’s blood on his face and all over her dress. “I hadn’t read that in a movie before,” Dynevor says of the scene. “That was the moment I was like, ‘Oh, this is going somewhere.’” Not only did the subject matter of “Fair Play” lean into areas that are taboo, but Domont wove a complex narrative.
The newly engaged couple’s relationship gets rocked when Emily, played by Dynevor, is unexpectedly promoted over Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) at the firm where they both work, creating the conditions to explore gender politics in the workplace and in relationships, with particular attention paid to male fragility and female rage.
All were meaty topics that Dynevor could relate to. “There wasn’t much imagination required for this role,” the 28-year-old Manchester, England-born actor says during lunch at the Polo Lounge.
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