The actress had previously done Split and wasn’t interested in doing another “disturbing movie.”
“I remember reading it; it was such a well-written, creepy script,” Richardson said.
Night Shyamalanfilm starringJames McAvoyas a man with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps three teenage girls.
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Richardson was one of the teenage girls, alongsideAnya Taylor-Joyand Jessica Sula.
“And I was like, I don’t want to do another disturbing movie right now.
“It wasn’t something that I wanted, and I felt really strongly about that.
So I didn’t even take the meeting.”
So, does she regret passing onMidsommar?
“And, you know, that’s a pretty iconic movie, isn’t it?
But I do think that everything happens the way that it’s supposed to,” she admitted.
“There was a reason I didn’t have it in me.
And also, Florence Pugh is just such a good actor.”
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