Leslye Headland Will Adapt Stage Hit ‘Cult of Love’ for Film, Kiss ‘Evelyn Hugo’ Goodbye and Remember ‘The Acolyte’ as a Teenage Dream
variety.comMatt Donnelly Senior Film Writer The past year of Leslye Headland’s work has been a love letter to her teenage self. The multitalented screenwriter-director-showrunner-playwright is on the eve of closing her acclaimed Broadway debut “Cult of Love,” a project she jumped headfirst into after finishing the edit on her 2024 Disney+ Star Wars series “The Acolyte.” “Broadway is a big deal.
And I would say to 13-year-old Leslye, to do a Star Wars story then Broadway? It’s mind blowing,” Headland recently shared with Variety.
The “Russian Doll” co-creator’s upbringing is top of mind in “Cult of Love,” which was originally staged at the Berkeley Rep.
The relentless dramedy about the deterioration of a religious family on Christmas Eve – which bagged Zachary Quinto, Shailene Woodley and Headland’s spouse Rebecca Henderson for its New York run – is inspired by its author’s own childhood and relationship with faith.
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