Reacher star Willa Fitzgerald is back on our screens in new movie Strange Darling, and it was a role she really wanted to do.
The critically-acclaimed thriller sees the star play the Lady who, when we meet her, is being tracked through the wilderness by the Beast (Kyle Gallner). But everything is not as it seems as the Beast closes in on his prey.
Talking to Digital Spy, Fitzgerald revealed that she had never read a script like the one by JT Mollner – who also directed the movie – and knew instantly she wanted to take on the challenging role.
"I think that the first time I read the script, I have this distinct memory of almost feeling sick because I knew how badly I wanted to play the part," she recalled.
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"Generally, when you have that really intense pull to something, I don't know, you generally get the jobs that you don't necessarily know were coming, right? And so I just had this real strong desire to play this character and to do this movie.
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"It was just a delight for it to come to fruition."
It's an instinct that paid off as Strange Darling debuted with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes following its world premiere at Fantastic Fest last year, a rating it maintained until only recently.
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If you want to see the thriller in the UK, you'll have to wait a little while as it's not released in cinemas until September 20. However, it is holding its European premiere this weekend at London's FrightFest on Saturday, August 24.
While Fitzgerald probably won't be seen in Reacher season three, she'll next be seen in Netflix's upcoming Grey's Anatomy-esque show Pulse.
Strange Darling is out now in US cinemas, and is released in UK cinemas on September 20.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
