On My Screen: ‘Saltburn’ Director Emerald Fennell On Her Desire To Play A Super Villian, The Most Fun She’s Had On Set & Her Wish To Remake ‘Jurassic Park’ As An Erotic Love Story
deadline.comFollowing her Best Original Screenplay win for Promising Young Woman, Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature, presents a gothic tale of obsession and excess, starring Barry Keoghan as Oliver, a social-climbing Oxford student obsessed with the aristocratic Felix (Jacob Elordi).
The multi-hyphenate Fennell also pops up as the pregnant Midge doll in Barbie and is co-penning the upcoming John Wick spinoff Ballerina.
Here, she agrees to revisit some best memories, or, as she puts it, “rummage around those skeletons.” Best Advice I Ever Received After the incredible surprise and joy of winning an Academy Award two years ago, I was lining up for the Porta-Potty because it was Covid times and things were like a wedding.
Frances McDormand was queuing behind me, and I was holding the Oscar, completely shell-shocked. She saw me and she leaned in said, “Do you want to know my advice?” And I said, “Yes, please.” And she said, “Ken doll clothes fit him exactly.” I was like, “Oh.” And immediately in the moment when I was so shaken, just her being funny calmed me down.
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