Cannes weighs the reception to its world premieres in standing ovations, however, at SXSW they’re measured by screams. Anecdotally, in a battle of it girls in Austin, it could be argued that Ms.
Jenna Ortega received more cheers tonight following the world premiere of her A24 genre comedy Death of Unicorn than Blake Lively did at her opening night premiere of Amazon MGM Studios’ Another Simple Plan, but that would be like assessing the distance of Aaron Judge homeruns.
Clad in a plaid suit and maroon satin shirt and tie, the Wednesday star kept it glib among the ensemble of Paul Rudd, Will Poulter, Richard E.
Grant, Tea Leoni, Anthony Carrigan, Steve Park and Sunita Mani onstage at the Paramount. Asked by the moderator how Rudd and Ortega bonded onset as father and daughter, the actress answered, “Fortunately, we got on, we had a couple of conversation, we started shooting a day or two after we met.” Rudd answered hysterically, “Fortunately, we had the experience.
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