'Poor Things' Trailer: Emma Stone Is a Woman Brought Back to Life in Yorgos Lanthimos' New Film
etonline.comis the fantastical new film starring Emma Stone as a young woman brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist played by Willem Dafoe.
And the official trailer and poster only hint at the wildly unexpected and stylish tale to come from filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara.
According to Searchlight Pictures, «Under Dr. Godwin Baxter’s (Dafoe) protection, Bella Baxter (Stone) is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.» In addition to Dafe, Ruffalo and Stone, the cast includes Ramy Youssef as Max McCandless, Jerrod Carmichael as Harry Astley, Christopher Abbott as Sir Aubrey de la Pole Blessington, Margaret Qualley as Felicity and Kathryn Hunter as Swiney.While the film may look like an unexpected turn for the Oscar-winning actress, reunites her with Lanthimos and McNamara, both of whom she worked with on.
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