Alice, Darling: Anna Kendrick opens up about her role in the film; It’s called a ‘quirky character’

Lionsgate Play’s upcoming psychological-thriller ‘Alice, Darling’ is about Alice’s journey to muster the strength and courage to face the harsh reality of her emotionally abusive relationship. Releasing on May 26, the film stars Charlie Carrick, Kanihatio Horne and Wunmi Mosaku, alongside Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick. ‘Alice, Darling’ will bring to the fore the sensitive issue of emotional abuse prevalent in the society. The film aims to encourage us to identify and confront the emotionally abusive relationships in our lives to start the conversation.

Anna Kendrick on her character in Alice Darling

Anna, who will play Alice in the film, said, “When we meet Alice, she doesn’t really know who she is. It was a really bizarre character to play because the whole point is that she’s lost herself, and everything in her focus and all her energy is going toward being small and flexible and the potential reactivity of her partner. going to manage. And the feeling that if she’s just a little better, if she’s perfect, everything will be okay—this mindset slowly creeps in, and before she knows it, she doesn’t recognize herself.

He continued, “Only when she’s with her closest friends does Alice have a little more room to breathe. It’s interesting because she’s resistant to it at first because if she were to identify herself completely If she accepts and then returns to her partner, she will be in serious trouble and her carefully constructed self-destructive world will fall apart.

What interested director Mary Nighy about the main character, Alice?

Talking about the main character Alice, director Mary Nighy said, “The character seems okay on the surface, but obviously, you have very few windows into her. A lot of the time she’s in the bathroom, obsessively twirls and pulls her hair – it’s clear she’s in great distress about something. So how can you bring it out in a subtle way that tells you what’s going on inside the character? It’s really Was fascinating and interesting to me.

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