“We’re sort of treated like both insane divas and as these delicate little eggshells.”
Anna Kendrick has already made quite the mark on this industry with an Oscar nomination for Up in the Air, a hit franchise with the Pitch Perfect films and then some, but she’s in the process of furthering her influence in a big new way — by working behind the lens as well.
Kendrick earns her second feature film executive producer credit with her newest release, Alice, Darling. She also stars in the film as the title character, a woman losing her true self to a psychologically abusive boyfriend (Charlie Carrick). While on a vacation with her two closest friends (Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku), Alice gets some much-needed perspective and support, but even then, struggles to break free of the web of coercion and control she’s been caught in.
With Alice, Darling due out in theaters nationwide exclusively at AMC Theaters on January 20th, I got the chance to reconnect with Kendrick after our TIFF 2022 interview to talk more about the making of the film and how this experience might influence her work behind the lens moving forward.
Alice, Darling features four phenomenal individual performances, but the beating heart of the film is the bond between Kendrick, Horn, and Mosaku’s characters. With that in mind, I asked Kendrick for something unique about Horn and Mosaku’s approach to their work that she admires. She began:
