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Zazie Beetz, Other Stars Made Sure to Avoid Camp

Zazie Beetz, Other Stars Made Sure to Avoid Camp

Published by Daniella Wilson

The team behind They Will Kill You had a very clear vision in mind for how to make sure that viewers will enjoy their stay with the horror-comedy feature. Writer-director Kirill Sokolov’s film premiered at SXSW on Tuesday ahead of Warner Bros. releasing it in theaters March 27. Stars Zazie Beetz, Myha’la, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette were among those taking part in an onstage conversation after the screening, along with co-writer Alex Litvak and producers Andy Muschietti and Barbara Muschietti. They Will Kill You centers on a newly hired housekeeper (Beetz) at a mysterious New York City hotel known as the Virgil. She soon learns that the building is the headquarters for a satanic cult, with the members having chosen to murder her as a sacrifice. “This movie is very different,” Sokolov told the crowd as he thanked the studio for believing in the film. “It’s very crazy, and it’s very original.” Indeed, the gory and action-packed film has plenty of absurdist flair, including a severed body part getting a surprising …

Ken Leung and Myha’la on Eric Exit, Trump Edited Out

Ken Leung and Myha’la on Eric Exit, Trump Edited Out

Published by Daniella Wilson

[This story contains major spoilers from season four, episode six of Industry, “Dear Henry.”] One thing that Industry has become known for — at least among the cast — is the fact that showrunners Mickey Down and Konrad Kay don’t give out the scripts ahead of the season. That means the HBO show’s actors often find themselves as shocked as the rest of us by the writer’s decisions. When Ken Leung and Myha’la started filming season four, they had no idea what fate would befall their characters, their friendship and their nascent fund SternTao. “When I read episode six, I was like ‘damn, they killed my bro,’” says Myha’la. In “Dear Henry,” Eric Tao’s (Leung) proverbial chickens come home to roost in a big way; just as the traders of SternTao are narrowing in on their takedown of banking app Tender and when it seems like its principles may finally get a little bit of what they want, Eric gets blackmailed out of the finance business altogether. “I literally was like, that’s crazy,” adds Myha’la, …