‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Star Daisy Edgar-Jones on Working With Reese Witherspoon, Taylor Swift and ‘Cockroach Run-Ins’ While on Location
variety.comDelia Owens, Sony’s “Where the Crawdads Sing” follows a young girl named Kya who learns to survive on her own in a swampy North Carolina marsh after she’s abandoned by her family.
Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones) goes on to publish several illustrated books about the local environment.During the four-month shoot in the marshlands near New Orleans, the cast and crew experienced a series of obstacles ranging from alligator encounters to weather-induced shutdowns.
On the red carpet, the film’s stars shined a light on how the environment helped them further immerse themselves into their roles.Taylor John Smith, who stars alongside Edgar-Jones as Tate, says the crew wouldn’t have been able to make the same type of movie if they were filming on a soundstage. “What’s so beautiful about this book is the marsh is one of the characters of the film,” Smith told Variety at the movie’s red carpet premiere on Monday at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. “I’m so grateful we got to film in New Orleans with the gators and the snakes and the humidity.
There’s almost a thickness in the air when you watch the movie, like a hot heavy air that you can feel.”He continued, “I’m really grateful that it was on location.
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