Emerald Fennellis following up her Oscar-winningPromising Young Womanwith a twisted new film starringBarry KeoghanandJacob Elordi.
Keoghan and Elordi play mid-2000s Oxford University students Oliver Quick and Felix Catton, respectively.Saltburn’s official logline calls it “a beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire."
“Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten,” the synopsis reads.
Fennell recently toldVanity Fairabout the film’s darker moments, explaining, “If it feels real, if it feels like something you really might do alone in the grips of desire, then it doesn’t feel too much for me. For that completely overwhelming carnal desire to take hold, there has to be an element of revulsion, there has to be an element of transgression.”
She joked, “The thing is, we’re all disgusting perverts, aren’t we?”
“Saltburn”.MGM
MGM
Among the film’s producers are Fennell andMargot Robbie, who runs LuckyChap Entertainment with her husbandTom Ackerley. The company, which also includes producer Josey McNamara, has taken onI, Tonya, Promising Young WomanandBarbiein addition toSaltburn.
Promising Young Womanwas Fennell’s feature-length directorial debut, and earned her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2021.
She’s received Emmy nominations both for playingCamilla Parker-BowlesonThe Crownand for writing and producingKilling Eve.
She most recently appeared in Greta Gerwig’sBarbieas Midge, and wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s contemporary musicalBad Cinderella.
Rosamund Pike in “Saltburn”.Courtesy Prime
Courtesy Prime
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Known forThe Killing of a Sacred DeerandDunkirk, Keoghan became a first-time Oscar nominee for last year’sThe Banshees of Inisherin.
OfSaltburn, Keoghan toldThe New York Timeslast year, “It’s my first lead role, and the first time I had to really step up in terms of stamina and just being fully committed. I always want to test myself. I don’t ever want to get to a stage where I think I have it figured out… I want people to see me and think, ‘That boy can hold a movie.’ "
Elordi also has plenty of projects coming up, includingplaying Elvis Presleyin Sofia Coppola’sPriscillastarring Cailee Spaeny. This year, between seasons of the hit dramaEuphoria, the Australian star appeared in the filmsThe Sweet EastandHe Went That Way.
Saltburnis in theaters Nov. 24.
source: people.com
