‘The Brutalist’ Star Felicity Jones on the ‘Element of Defiance’ in Her Golden Globe-Nominated Performance and Being Open to a ‘Star Wars’ Return: ‘There’s Unfinished Business’

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Alex Ritman “There’s a real honesty and integrity to it all,” says Felicity Jones, looking out across a sea of concrete. “You can really see the correspondence between the psyche coming out of the Second World War and the architecture.” The British actress is taking in the view at the Barbican, perhaps London’s most famous Brutalist construction and a labyrinthine maze of monolithic blocks and walkways connecting residential units, public spaces and one of the capital’s best-known cultural hubs.

It’s a delightfully contrived location to discuss her latest film, “The Brutalist,” and one she thoroughly approves of. “This is such a good idea,” she says. “And perfect conditions!” (A bright blue sky offers a picturesque backdrop for all the towering gray.) Brady Corbet’s electrifying drama about a Holocaust survivor and Brutalist architect in post-war America — which A24 releases on Dec.

20 — has been captivating critics since it bowed in Venice. Jones may not appear until after the 215-minute film’s unorthodox halfway point, but her performance has thrust the 41-year-old into the awards conversation, alongside co-stars Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce.

A Golden Globes nomination has already been earned. Jones says Corbet and his writing partner Mona Fastvold approached her about playing Erzsébet Tóth, the wheelchair-using force-of-nature wife of Brody’s László Tóth, two years before production started in 2023 in Budapest (standing in for Philadelphia).