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‘Honeydew’ Star Sawyer Spielberg Talks Acting Debut and Teases Well-Known Actor’s Mystery Role!
We ended October with some pretty huge news. Bloody Disgusting has teamed with Dark Star Pictures to acquire the festival hit Honeydew, a tripped-out homage to classic slashers like Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
The acclaimed backwoods horror feature, written and directed by Devereux Milburn, begins when strange cravings and hallucinations befall a young couple after seeking shelter in the home of an aging farmer and her peculiar son.
Honeydew stars Malin Barr and boasts the acting debut of Sawyer Spielberg, son of director Steven Spielberg, who sat down with THR after last week’s big announcement to talk about the sizzling new horror pic and his first foray in front of the camera.
“I was excited but nervous because I haven’t had a lot of camera time in front of the camera,” Spielberg reflects on the journey. “By day three I was gaining a little bit more confidence and having a little bit more fun and by the end of the film, I definitely felt more hungry to do more film and TV work.”
While Sawyer’s debut is both exciting and immensely interesting, The Hollywood Reporter got Milburn to talk about the film’s closely guarded mystery role from a well-known actor.
“She was game to do whatever, and was the most accessible and most easy-going about being put in that character,” recalls Milburn. “It’s not exactly a character everyone would be willing [to play]. Especially someone with the resume she has.”
Spielberg tells the site about one day of the shoot that particularly stood out.
“I remember looking up and seeing [the mystery actor] and just thinking to myself, ‘How did I get here?’ I think I was just as shocked as everyone else was who saw the movie, in that moment.”
Honeydew is set for a theatrical run in March before a VOD and DVD release in April. Watch this spot for updates.
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Kristen Stewart Doesn’t Want to Make Any Marvel Movies But Does Want to Make a Scary Horror Movie
If you haven’t yet seen A24 and Saint Maud director Rose Glass’ new movie Love Lies Bleeding, you should definitely get out there and support it in theaters while you can. The critically acclaimed romantic thriller is one of this year’s best movies so far, driven by incredible lead performances from Katy O’Brian and the always compelling Kristen Stewart.
Katy O’Brian just landed a huge role in Mission Impossible 8, but what’s next for Kristen Stewart? Well, for starters, don’t expect to see her in any Marvel movies anytime soon.
Stewart tells the “Not Skinny but Not Fat” podcast, “I will likely never do a Marvel movie … it sounds like a fucking nightmare, actually.” She further explains, “You would have to put so much money and so much trust into one person … and it doesn’t happen.”
“And so therefore what ends up happening is this algorithmic, weird experience where you can’t feel personal at all about it. So likely not,” Kristen Stewart continues in her chat with the podcast. “But maybe the world changes, that’s what I’m saying.” She notes, however, “if Greta Gerwig asked me to do a Marvel movie, then I would do it.”
So what DOES Kristen Stewart want to do next? Chatting with Variety on the red carpet just a couple months back, she indicated that she’s far more interested in horror than Marvel!
“I’d like to make a good scary movie,” Stewart answered when asked what she’d like to do next. “Like something a little more psychological. Yeah, a really good horror movie.”
Kristen Stewart is of course no stranger to the horror/thriller genres, getting her start as a child actor in David Fincher’s Panic Room. From there, she starred in 2007 horror movie The Messengers, as well as the Twilight movies, ghost story Personal Shopper, and 2018’s Lizzie. And don’t forget 2020’s Underwater or David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future.
The ball is in your court, filmmakers. Let’s make it happen.
The next genre Kristen Stewart wants to tackle? Horror. “Something a little more psychological,” the “Love Lies Bleeding” star revealed at her Sundance premiere. Variety On the Carpet presented by @DIRECTV https://t.co/7hVbcuhP8G pic.twitter.com/yeGhJpSEzQ
— Variety (@Variety) January 21, 2024
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