Margaret Qualley Talks Yorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’, Status Of Her Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers Pic As She Nabs First Solo SAG Nom for ‘Maid’
deadline.comAfter earning her first solo SAG Award nomination this morning for her turn in Netflix’s Maid, Margaret Qualley spoke with Deadline about her experience with the series, as well as upcoming roles in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Victorian drama Poor Things, Claire Denis’ The Stars at Noon and Zachary Wigon’s thriller Sanctuary, and the status of the film Fred & Ginger from director Jonathan Entwistle, in which she’s set to play Ginger Rogers opposite Jamie Bell’s Fred Astaire.While Spider-Man‘s Tom Holland recently announced that he will topline his own Astaire biopic for Sony, Qualley is unaware at this point of when Fred & Ginger might get made. “I don’t know, but I hope it happens soon,” she says. “I love Jamie Bell so much and I’m always trying to be typecast as a dancer, so I can just dance in everything I do.”The actress’ most recent project, which just wrapped filming, is that of Denis, to whom she refers as a “fierce, beautiful woman.”In three-time Oscar nominee Lanthimos’ next film Poor Things, she will star alongside Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Christopher Abbott and Ramy Youssef.
Admittedly, she says, she has only a “real tiny, little part” in the film, but it was worth accepting, given the opportunity it would afford her to collaborate with one of her favorite directors. “I am the most massive fan of Yorgos,” she shares. “I think he’s just the most brilliant filmmaker.”Then, there’s Sanctuary, an indie Qualley shot last summer. “I have nothing to say,” she comments, “other than Chris [Abbott] is such an amazing actor and I had the best time doing it.”Qualley’s solo SAG nom for Maid in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series comes on the heels of a
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