With “X,” filmmaker Ti West has crafted A24’s very first horror franchise with star Mia Goth.
The actor played two roles in the first film and stars as the titular characters in its spinoffs, #Pearl and #MaXXXine. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The actor played two roles in the first film and stars as the titular characters in its spinoffs, #Pearl and #MaXXXine. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“It felt like a gift more than anything that this was even a possibility,” said Goth.
“Perhaps if it came to me a few years earlier, I wouldn’t have been ready as an actor with my craft to tackle something like that.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Perhaps if it came to me a few years earlier, I wouldn’t have been ready as an actor with my craft to tackle something like that.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
West’s pitch to A24 was daring but simple: The sprawling Texas farm set for “X” was already under construction in New Zealand, where production would take place because of the pandemic.
Why not stay and make two movies? latimes.com/entertainment-…
Why not stay and make two movies? latimes.com/entertainment-…
Before making “X,” West wrote “Pearl” over FaceTime with Goth, expanding on the rich backstory they had devised for the older character.
“Pearl is a dreamer, and she is such an emotional person, somebody who wears her heart on her sleeve,” says Goth. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Pearl is a dreamer, and she is such an emotional person, somebody who wears her heart on her sleeve,” says Goth. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Goth unleashes a monster layered with complexity, vulnerability, humanity and rage, a deranged Disney heroine driven mad by her longing for the life she desires: “To be able to have a character like that to sink your teeth into was so rich." latimes.com/entertainment-…
Days after wrapping “X,” Goth, West and the crew launched right into work on “Pearl.”
The film is Goth's first co-writing & executive producing credit, collaborating closely with Ti West to shoot the films back-to-back in New Zealand using the same sets. latimes.com/entertainment-…
The film is Goth's first co-writing & executive producing credit, collaborating closely with Ti West to shoot the films back-to-back in New Zealand using the same sets. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Goth knew a lot was riding on the big monologue she delivers at the film’s crescendo, a roaring beast of a moment that brings the tension, tragedy & terror of #Pearl hurtling toward its grandiose finale. The scene was scheduled for the last day of filming. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“It was like... please, nothing get in the way of this,” West said of the actual filming of the scene. “Because it was ultimately clearing a path for Mia to do something that was entirely on her shoulders at that point.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
“I really, really wanted to get it right,” said Goth. “I didn’t go to drama school, so I didn’t really have any tools in my bag to use like, ‘Oh, I remember that lesson, that’s how I do the monologue.’ I just had to put my own spin on it.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
Similarly, Goth and West’s trust and close creative collaboration also led to the most memorable shot of the film, a viscerally unsettling sight that places Pearl, if not side by side, then in conversation with Joaquin Phoenix’s Oscar-winning “Joker” turn. latimes.com/entertainment-…
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