‘The Worst Person In The World’s Joachim Trier & Renate Reinsve On Finding Universality In A “Strange Scandinavian Way” – Contenders Film: The Nominees
deadline.comBoasting two Oscar nominations — in the International Feature and Original Screenplay races — Joachim Trier’s lauded The Worst Person in the World is continuing a charmed awards-season run that began last July at the Cannes Film Festival, where lead Renate Reinsve won the Best Actress prize.
A humanist story that blends comedy and poignant drama, the film centers on Reinsve’s Julie through good times and bad as she seeks to find herself.Trier and Reinsve both sat down for Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event, talking about the journey since those first nervous moments on the Riviera.
Trier recalls opening night and screening the film for an audience for the first time. On the red carpet, he says, Reinsve started doing twirls as the paparazzi went crazy and while he thought, “Wow, she’s gutsy.”Reinsve says she went for it because in her head it was “the last thing we’ll do with this movie, this is our great moment walking on this red carpet.
I couldn’t believe we were there and now this almost a year has been a whirlwind and so overwhelming and so exciting. It’s crazy.”Given it’s been a while since that first screening, what have Trier and Reinsve learned from the reception of the film in various areas?
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