{"id":25619,"date":"2024-08-22T23:07:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25619"},"modified":"2024-08-22T23:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:16:32","slug":"strange-darling-willa-fitzgerald-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25619","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Strange Darling\u2019: Willa Fitzgerald on Making the Complex Thriller with JT Mollner, Kyle Gallner (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s one thing that anyone who sees JT Mollner\u2019s dark thriller, <\/span><b><i>Strange Darling<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it\u2019s that Willa Fitzgerald\u2019s performance as a character merely referred to as \u201cThe Lady\u201d is one that is going to turn a lot of heads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, Fitzgerald is best known for her TV work on shows like \u201cReacher,\u201d \u201cScream: the TV Series,\u201d and Mike Flanagan\u2019s \u201cThe Fall of the House of Usher,\u201d but Mollner has cast her opposite Kyle Gallner<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><b><i>Smile<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in a two-hander that goes to so many unexpected places that it\u2019s best going into <\/span><b><i>Strange Darling<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> knowing as little as possible. That said, we can say that the movie involves a one-night stand between the two characters, a violent pursuit that follows, and a presumably semi-true story involving a real-life serial killer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spoke with Ms. Fitzgerald last week for the video interview you can watch above in which she spoke about getting the role and making time to get to know Gallner in order to work together on the film\u2019s more difficult scenes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Strange-Darling.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25613\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Strange-Darling.png\" alt=\"Strange Darling\" width=\"640\" height=\"968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Strange-Darling.png 640w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Strange-Darling-198x300.png 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter\/Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JT Mollner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyle Gallner, Willa Fitzgerald, Ed Begley Jr, Barbara Hershey<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roy Lee, Bill Block, Chris Ivan Cevic, Giovanni Ribisi, Steven Schneider<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miramax, No Remake Pictures, Spooky Pictures<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Magenta Light Studios<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R (Strong\/Bloody Violent Content | Sexual Material | Drug Use | Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Action, Thriller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> August 23, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour 36 mins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer for <\/span><b><i>Strange Darling<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"IUn46t8fhTs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"STRANGE DARLING - Final Trailer (Only in Theaters Aug 23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IUn46t8fhTs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s one thing that anyone who sees JT Mollner\u2019s dark thriller, Strange Darling, it\u2019s that Willa Fitzgerald\u2019s performance as a character merely referred to as \u201cThe Lady\u201d is one that is going to turn a lot of heads.\u00a0 So far, Fitzgerald is best known for her TV work on shows like \u201cReacher,\u201d \u201cScream: the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":25642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,20471],"tags":[23840,23885,23841,23887,6877,23274,23837,4713,23884,23886,23883,17478,23838],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Strange Darling Actress Willa Fitzgerald Interview<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strange Darling : Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer&#039;s vicious murder spree.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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