Murtada here. Iconoclastic British filmmaker Sally Potter (Orlando, The Man Who Cried, Ginger & Rosa) started shooting her new movie The Party, this week. The film, which unfolds in real time, revolves around a drinks party held by a London couple to celebrate the wife’s promotion to minister in the Shadow Cabinet. It is described by its producers like so:
a comedy wrapped around a tragedy. It starts as a celebration and ends with blood on the floor.”
Intriguing.
The cast includes Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Timothy Spall, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones and two TFE favorites Kristin Scott Thomas and Patricia Clarkson. One of whom might be playing the lead role of the celebrated minister. Since the movie is set in London we are guessing Scott Thomas. Not that we don't think Clarkson can rock an English accent...
This is happy news because it means Scott Thomas is not retiring. Two years ago, in an interview with The Guardian, she implied that she might never make another film. We are glad that’s not true.
And her co-star Clarkson is making her own waves in the press this week. Also in an interview with the Guardian, she created a stir by telling off Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington, who was complaining about a sexist double standard in the industry:
He’s a sex symbol. Get over it. You have an amazing career and you’re on a hot show. Take your shirt off.
However our favorite quote from the same interview is when Clarkson addressed the all-female Ghostbusters controversy:
There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner.
These two fabulous ladies certainly know how to stir things up. Potter, you’ve got a goldmine in them, make some magic. Which current male star would you like to see “shut up and sit in a corner”?