Mother Marygets a first-look image, showing Anne Hathaway’s role as a glamorous pop star. Directed by David Lowery (The Green Knight), the upcoming A24 movie chronicles the relationship between a pop star and a fashion designer, with Alba Baptista, Hunter Schafer, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Michaela Coel set to costar.Mother Marymarks Hathaway’s follow-up toPrime Video’sThe Idea of You, a romantic comedy that was released earlier this year.
Vanity Fairnow shares a behind-the-scenes image fromMother Mary, showing Hathaway in character wearing a golden leotard with an accompanying golden cloak and a golden tiara, of sorts. Though the image doesn’t reveal much, it does seemingly feature Hathaway posing in some kind of backstage area at a theater. Check out the image below:
Hathaway also provides a brief comment about her role in the movie, explaining that it was quite an adjustment for her to take on the role of a pop star:
“I hadn’t been a student like this in a really long time. I had knowledge of myself: I can’t do this. I can’t dance. I can’t sing like a pop star. They made it so that I could.”
What Mother Mary Means For Anne Hathaway’s Career
Why The A24 Film Could Be An Exciting Project
Besides the cast and the general premise, very little is actually known aboutMother Mary.Hathaway, however, does have a proven ability to sing, and she memorably won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role inLes Misérables(2012), a musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel. As she says, however,Mother Marywill mark her first time singing and performing as a pop star.
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Though clearly a jump for the actor, the film does appear to be in good hands.Lowery’sThe Green Knight(2021) was critically acclaimed, and it currently has an 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. Prior to this medieval fantasy, Lowery madeA Ghost Story(2017), which fared even better on Rotten Tomatoes with 91%. Though Lowery’s recentPeter Pan & Wendy(2023) wasn’t warmly received, he has a proven ability talent when it comes to smaller films, suggestingMother Marywon’t suffer the Disney live-action remake’s same fate. The film, then, could mark an exciting and potentially acclaimed first for Hathaway.
Our Take On Anne Hathaway’s Mother Mary Role
Hathaway Continues To Challenge Herself
Hathaway continues to take on exciting and challenging roles, appearing in everything from fun rom-coms to thrillers to serious dramas and musicals.It’s hard to pin her down as one type of movie star or in one movie genre, and that’s part of what makesMother Marysuch an exciting proposition. Hathaway seems likely to deliver an interesting performance no matter how the film turns out, but Lowery’s involvement suggests the film itself will also be good.
Hathaway will re-team with Christopher Nolanfor his mysterious upcoming film after first working with the director onInterstellar(2014), and this project is sure to be a massive blockbuster endeavor.Mother Mary, on the other hand, is certainly a smaller production, andworking at these two scales so regularly is part of why Hathaway remains one of the more compelling actors working today.
