Tag: Phoebe Dynevor

  • Phoebe Dynevor to headline ‘Wichita Libra’

    By Express News Service

    Phoebe Dynevor will be headlining the upcoming thriller Wichita Libra which will be director Henry Dunham’s sophomore film. Produced by Jay Van Hoy, the film is currently in pre-production and is expected to begin filming this year.

    Wichita Libra starts with Frannie Jacobs (Phoebe) having fled rural Kansas for Chicago to start a new life, in the aftermath of a triple murder in her hometown. 10 years later, she finds herself going back to her hometown to decode a cryptic letter her brother left behind before his death.

    The letter suggests that the wrong man was charged with the crime that tore her community and family apart all those years ago and that an anonymous missing woman could clear his name. Dynevor’s latest feature, Fair Play, was acquired in Sundance by Netflix for $20 million. 

    Phoebe Dynevor will be headlining the upcoming thriller Wichita Libra which will be director Henry Dunham’s sophomore film. Produced by Jay Van Hoy, the film is currently in pre-production and is expected to begin filming this year.

    Wichita Libra starts with Frannie Jacobs (Phoebe) having fled rural Kansas for Chicago to start a new life, in the aftermath of a triple murder in her hometown. 10 years later, she finds herself going back to her hometown to decode a cryptic letter her brother left behind before his death.

    The letter suggests that the wrong man was charged with the crime that tore her community and family apart all those years ago and that an anonymous missing woman could clear his name. Dynevor’s latest feature, Fair Play, was acquired in Sundance by Netflix for $20 million. 

  • Sundance film festival goes wild for sexy corporate thriller ‘Fair Play’

    By Associated Press

    PARK CITY (Utah, US): The fire emoji was a common sight in tweets about the new corporate thriller “Fair Play,” which debuted Friday at the Sundance Film Festival.

    The movie follows two ambitious analysts at a cutthroat hedge fund, played by “Bridgerton’s” Phoebe Dynevor and “Solo’s” Alden Ehrenreich, who are also in a passionate and secret relationship. Several steamy scenes had some declaring the return of the erotic thriller.

    Film historian Karina Longworth, whose podcast “You Must Remember This” recently delved into the erotic thriller moment of the 1980s, tweeted that “It does for the 2020s what ‘Fatal Attraction’ did for the late 80s.”

    Chloe Domont, who wrote and directed the film, said she didn’t set out to make an erotic thriller, per se.

    But “I did set out to make a thriller about gender power dynamics within a relationship that happens to be highly sexual,” Domont told The Associated Press on Saturday in Park City. “I think the execution of that intention ended up flipping the erotic thriller genre on its head.”

    Dynevor, in only her second film role, said that when she read Domont’s script, she saw herself and a lot of women she knows in her character, Emily, who seems to be the sole female at the company. She’s made even more aware of this when she gets promoted over Ehrenreich’s Luke.

    “How she navigates work life in a very male-dominated industry and how she navigates her relationship and, you know, in many ways has to make herself smaller in order to make other people feel comfortable, I could relate to that,” Dynevor said.

    Ehrenreich’s character comes from a more privileged background than Emily’s. He’s Ivy League-educated and expects a certain amount of success. But he also rolls his eyes at the casual misogyny of his co-workers and, at least at first, is supportive of Emily’s ascent.

    “I think he’s a little removed from the rest of the office. He’s not quite in that boy’s club,” Ehrenreich said.

    “One of the things that I really liked about the movie that I think sometimes is lacking from stories that take on issues like this is understanding the background and the system and the culture that all of that is taking place in,” he continued. “It’s not on one individual being a good person or a bad person. We’re all highly influenced by our environment and the ambitions that we have within that environment.”

    ALSO READ | Ukraine directors bring horrors of Russian invasion to Sundance film festival

    The film has already stirred up a gender debate among those who have seen it as Domont makes sure to never go the cliche route with her characters. Audience sympathies may even shift between Luke and Emily from scene to scene. Dynevor was firmly on Emily’s side in reading the script and during filming, but when she watched the finished product, something changed.

    “I kind of saw it more as him and her being a culprit of the society and a victim of the society, as opposed to, like anyone was a baddie or a goodie,” she said.

    “Fair Play,” which is up for acquisition at the festival, is Domont’s directorial debut on the large screen. But high-finance drama is not new for her: She’s helmed episodes of Showtime’s “Billions” too.

    “My interest in that world starts from, you know, ‘Wall Street’ and ‘Working Girl’ and like those movies,” Domont said. “But for me it’s the stakes. You have high stakes, you have drama.”

    “You make money one day, you lose money the next day. … You’re either living on a high and you think you’re the (expletive), or the next day you think you’re a worthless piece of (expletive),” Domont added. “What that does to a person, the fluctuating between those highs and lows, I relate to that in the film industry. … I related to what that environment does to a person.”

    Serbia plays New York in the film, which came together rather quickly, but the three key players made sure to carve out time to establish an authentic intimacy between Ehrenreich and Dynevor.

    “We did a few days of rehearsal that I thought were really valuable, and it’s so rare you get to do that,” Ehrenreich said. “It makes such a huge, huge difference, especially in a movie like this, if two people have been together and so much of the movie is their relationship and the details of that.”

    That involved improvisations of Emily’s first day at the office and the first time Luke tells her he loves her.

    “It really felt like it really kind of locked something in,” Ehrenreich said. “That’s a magical thing that is worth fighting for on almost every movie, especially any movie that deals with, you know, a relationship of any kind.”

    They also worked with an intimacy coordinator to stage the sex scenes.

    “Chloe is such a phenomenal director and was always pushing us to go farther and farther, which was such a thrill as an actor,” Dynevor said. “And we both felt really safe to do so.”

    The Sundance Film Festival runs through Jan. 29.

    PARK CITY (Utah, US): The fire emoji was a common sight in tweets about the new corporate thriller “Fair Play,” which debuted Friday at the Sundance Film Festival.

    The movie follows two ambitious analysts at a cutthroat hedge fund, played by “Bridgerton’s” Phoebe Dynevor and “Solo’s” Alden Ehrenreich, who are also in a passionate and secret relationship. Several steamy scenes had some declaring the return of the erotic thriller.

    Film historian Karina Longworth, whose podcast “You Must Remember This” recently delved into the erotic thriller moment of the 1980s, tweeted that “It does for the 2020s what ‘Fatal Attraction’ did for the late 80s.”

    Chloe Domont, who wrote and directed the film, said she didn’t set out to make an erotic thriller, per se.

    But “I did set out to make a thriller about gender power dynamics within a relationship that happens to be highly sexual,” Domont told The Associated Press on Saturday in Park City. “I think the execution of that intention ended up flipping the erotic thriller genre on its head.”

    Dynevor, in only her second film role, said that when she read Domont’s script, she saw herself and a lot of women she knows in her character, Emily, who seems to be the sole female at the company. She’s made even more aware of this when she gets promoted over Ehrenreich’s Luke.

    “How she navigates work life in a very male-dominated industry and how she navigates her relationship and, you know, in many ways has to make herself smaller in order to make other people feel comfortable, I could relate to that,” Dynevor said.

    Ehrenreich’s character comes from a more privileged background than Emily’s. He’s Ivy League-educated and expects a certain amount of success. But he also rolls his eyes at the casual misogyny of his co-workers and, at least at first, is supportive of Emily’s ascent.

    “I think he’s a little removed from the rest of the office. He’s not quite in that boy’s club,” Ehrenreich said.

    “One of the things that I really liked about the movie that I think sometimes is lacking from stories that take on issues like this is understanding the background and the system and the culture that all of that is taking place in,” he continued. “It’s not on one individual being a good person or a bad person. We’re all highly influenced by our environment and the ambitions that we have within that environment.”

    ALSO READ | Ukraine directors bring horrors of Russian invasion to Sundance film festival

    The film has already stirred up a gender debate among those who have seen it as Domont makes sure to never go the cliche route with her characters. Audience sympathies may even shift between Luke and Emily from scene to scene. Dynevor was firmly on Emily’s side in reading the script and during filming, but when she watched the finished product, something changed.

    “I kind of saw it more as him and her being a culprit of the society and a victim of the society, as opposed to, like anyone was a baddie or a goodie,” she said.

    “Fair Play,” which is up for acquisition at the festival, is Domont’s directorial debut on the large screen. But high-finance drama is not new for her: She’s helmed episodes of Showtime’s “Billions” too.

    “My interest in that world starts from, you know, ‘Wall Street’ and ‘Working Girl’ and like those movies,” Domont said. “But for me it’s the stakes. You have high stakes, you have drama.”

    “You make money one day, you lose money the next day. … You’re either living on a high and you think you’re the (expletive), or the next day you think you’re a worthless piece of (expletive),” Domont added. “What that does to a person, the fluctuating between those highs and lows, I relate to that in the film industry. … I related to what that environment does to a person.”

    Serbia plays New York in the film, which came together rather quickly, but the three key players made sure to carve out time to establish an authentic intimacy between Ehrenreich and Dynevor.

    “We did a few days of rehearsal that I thought were really valuable, and it’s so rare you get to do that,” Ehrenreich said. “It makes such a huge, huge difference, especially in a movie like this, if two people have been together and so much of the movie is their relationship and the details of that.”

    That involved improvisations of Emily’s first day at the office and the first time Luke tells her he loves her.

    “It really felt like it really kind of locked something in,” Ehrenreich said. “That’s a magical thing that is worth fighting for on almost every movie, especially any movie that deals with, you know, a relationship of any kind.”

    They also worked with an intimacy coordinator to stage the sex scenes.

    “Chloe is such a phenomenal director and was always pushing us to go farther and farther, which was such a thrill as an actor,” Dynevor said. “And we both felt really safe to do so.”

    The Sundance Film Festival runs through Jan. 29.

  • Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ season 2 resumes shooting after COVID-19 shutdown

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Shooting for the second season of the hit Netflix series ‘Bridgerton’ has resumed after two abrupt halts due to COVID-19 cases on the sets of the show.

    Showrunner Chris Van Dusen confirmed the news to Variety.

    “We are back underway. We had to delay because of COVID, but we’re back in it,” said the showrunner, who is currently shuttling back and forth between Los Angeles and the London-based set.

    “Right now I’m in post, editing our first couple episodes, which are looking great,” the showrunner added.

    The romantic period drama was shut down indefinitely in mid-July following a second confirmed case. At the time, Netflix declined to comment on whether the two cases were among members of the cast or crew but confirmed that both persons went into isolation.

    ‘Bridgerton’ was one of the several high-profile projects shooting in the UK to be struck by the virus in the last few weeks. ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel series ‘House of the Dragon’ being another notable victim.

    News of the resumption will come as a sigh of relief to the ‘Bridgerton’ fans who were beginning to wonder whether they might have to wait a little longer than expected for the return of the ‘Bridgerton’ clan’s marital antics.

    The upcoming season of the show, based on the second novel in Julia Quinn’s series, is set to focus on the family’s eldest son Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and his quest to find a suitable partner.

    “We pick up Anthony after we’ve seen what he’s been through with his mistress. He’s thinking, ‘Was that love?’ Some would call it that, others would not. We’re exploring those concepts of duty and honour once again,” teased Van Dusen.

    After breaking Netflix viewership records, the pressure on Van Dusen, who is passing the showrunner baton on to Jess Brownell for seasons three and four, and the folks behind the Shondaland show to deliver another stellar season is mounting. However, Van Dusen welcomed the extra scrutiny.

    “There’s always been a pressure with this show from the beginning, being inspired by these beloved novels with fans who are so passionate and feel so strongly about these characters and these stories,” he said.

    He added, “There’s always been a healthy pressure there, I welcome it and I say keep the pressure on. It worked for the first season, and I hope people love this season and beyond as much as they did the first.”

    The first season was a breakout hit, becoming Netflix’s most-viewed series ever, and also scored 12 Emmy nominations last month, including Outstanding Drama Series and Best Actor in a Drama Series for Rege-Jean Page.

    Based on Julia Quinn’s best-selling series of novels, ‘Bridgerton’ is set in the lavish and competitive world of London high society during the Regency period of the early 1800s.

    The Netflix series has already been renewed through season four, so there’s plenty of your period soapy obsession to come. But because each season will be inspired by a different book in the series, that means the focus on each Bridgerton child will change.

    The first season of the romantic period drama focused on the steamy courtship between Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset, the Duke of Hastings (Rege-Jean Page).

    The first season of ‘Bridgerton’ is available to watch on Netflix.

  • Pete Davidson, Phoebe Dynevor reignite romance rumours

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: American actor Pete Davidson and his much-rumoured new flame, ‘Bridgerton’ star Phoebe Dynevor, just dropped a hint of their romance by wearing matching necklaces with their mutual initials.

    According to E! News, the dating rumours of the two stars sparked later in March when both of them were spotted “holding hands and hugging each other” in a toy town English village by a local schoolgirl.

    Reigniting the rumours yet again, the 27-year-old comedian and Phoebe – who have not yet confirmed their romance, were seen sporting matching silver necklaces with their shared initials, ‘PD’, in recent days.

    E! News reported that Pete recently appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s ‘The Tonight Show’ where he was seen in a grey coloured crew neck t-shirt and ripped jeans. What made his appearance an eyebrow-raiser to fans and media was his monogrammed necklace. Phoebe has reportedly worn the same piece of jewelry multiple times, including in a recent YouTube Q&A.

    The ‘King of Staten Island’ star first hinted about his relationship on April 11, when he was featured as a speaker on a Zoom session with Marquette University students. When asked who his celebrity crush is, Pete did not name names, but mysteriously responded, “I’m with my celebrity crush.”

    On a related note, explaining what kind of a boyfriend he is, the Saturday Night Live comedian had shared, “My love language, when I’m in a relationship, is I treat the person I’m with like a princess. I try and go as above and beyond as possible because that’s what you’re supposed to do? If you’re in a relationship with someone, you’re just supposed to make that person feel as special as possible.”

    According to E! News, the couple who is in a long-distance relationship with each other, was spotted together in Phoebe’s native England on multiple occasions in recent weeks.

    Meanwhile, on the work front, the 25-year-old actor Phoebe is set to begin filming season two of ‘Bridgerton’ this spring, after Netflix renewed the romance series through season four.

    Besides this, Phoebe is currently filming the new drama ‘The Colour Room,’ in which she plays Clarice Cliff, a pioneering ceramic artist from the 1920s.

    The Netflix star had previously spent time in New York, where Davidson lives, in early February. She was there to film for her role on the hit show ‘Younger.’

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