Anne Hathaway's Transformation for Mother Mary Role Will Make You Do a Double Take
- On Dec. 2, the first trailer revealed Anne Hathaway, actor, in a nearly unrecognizable Mother Mary, titular character, persona with platinum blonde lob and elaborate onstage visuals and costume looks.
- Training for the role involved Anne Hathaway adopting a pop‑star persona, performing original songs by Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff, while mastering choreography for barn dance and seance scenes.
- Viewers noticed the trailer's mix of pop gloss and occult imagery, including seances and a sliced hand, and compared the tone to Black Swan and The Craft, calling it trippy and wild.
- Fans flooded the trailer's comments with praise and anticipation, while Anne Hathaway's demanding role signals a potential shift in her image and critical conversation for A24.
- Next year, A24 will release Mother Mary, directed by David Lowery, with music by Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX, starring Kaia Gerber, Hunter Schafer, and FKA Twigs.
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In brief: 'Mother Mary' official trailer and more
All hail. Anne Hathaway stars in the official trailer for the upcoming A24 film Mother Mary. The movie follows the wounds that come to the surface after a pop star reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer on the eve of her comeback performance. Michaela Coel and Hunter Schafer also star in the latest film from The Green Knight director David Lowery … Nicholas Hoult and Daisy Edgar-Jones are set to star in a new comedy …
Mother Mary starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel gets first trailer
A24 has released the first trailer for Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. In the film, Hathaway plays Mother Mary, a “Lady Gaga-Taylor Swift hybrid”. Meanwhile, Coel plays Mary’s former best friend, Sam, who helped craft the pop star’s image. A synopsis reads: “Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Coel…
'Mother Mary' Trailer: Michaela Coel And Anne Hathaway Share Intense Moments In A24 Movie Footage
Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel are in a relationship filled with toxicity and pop star glam in the upcoming A24 drama film, Mother Mary. Hathaway stars as a Lady Gaga-esque pop star who hopes to reconnect with her estranged friend and former costume designer, Sam (Coel), on the eve of her comeback performance. But as the trailer shows, there’s a lot more that goes into their relationship, including old wounds, some sapphic tension, slight gore …
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