mancan a few hours and finally, on Saturday 20 May, The new film by Martin Scorsese will be presented at the Cannes Film Festival. Mix between thriller and western, Killers of the Flower Moon will be released in theaters next October and in the cast we find two of the director’s fetish actors: Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio. Only female lead Lily Gladstoneactress native american to date semi unknown but about to become a star, at least according to some critics who have already seen the film. But who is this future star of the Hollywood firmament? Let’s find out together.
Lily Gladstone, from Montana b Killers of the Flower Moon
Born in Montana in 1986, the future actress grows up to age 11 on the Indian reservation of the Blackfeet Nation. In the first five years of her life, Lily lived in a log cabin with a wood stove.
Parents, of origin Blackfeet and Nimíipuupush her from an early age a attend theater classes then, after high school, the move to Missoula. Where he graduated with honors in the faculty of Native American Studies.
The film debut takes place in 2012 with Jimmy P. directed by Arnaud Desplechin. Then the first meeting that will change her life: the one with the American director Kelly Reichardt who in 2016 entrusts her with a part in the film Certain Women with Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern. In the movie, Lily he amazes with the intensity of his acting as Jamie, woman working on a ranch fatally attracted to the young student Beth (Kristen Stewart).
Kristen Stewart, Kelly Reichardt and Lily Gladstone. (Getty Images)
A role that will give her enthusiastic reviews but above all that will deeply affect Martin Scorsese. Who, a few years later, will be the one who will offer her the opportunity of her life in a difficult moment for the actress
Martin Scorsese’s providential email
Lily Gladstone Martin Scorsese on the set of “Killers of the Flower Moon”. (Apple)
We are in August 2020in full pandemic, and for Lily it’s not an easy time. In spite of the good success of Certain Women – director Kelly Reichardt will call her again in 2019 for a small role in First Cow – for the actress offers are scarce.
So he decides, as he told a The Hollywood ReporterOf change your life and to subscribe to an online course in data analysis applied to beekeeping. But, while in front of the computer about to proceed with the payment, you receive a Gmail alert that notifies you the arrival of a message from Martin Scorsese. That he absolutely wants a Zoom meeting with her to talk about Mollie’s role in Killers of the Flower Moon. The rest is recent history.
The plot of Killers of the Flower Moon
Based on the novel of the same name written by David Grann and released in 2017, is set in the Oklahoma of the 20 years, precisely in the reserve of the Osage Nation, after large oil fields were discovered in that area. Owners of some plots of land rich in black gold, some natives are found dead. Killed one by one thanks to a conspiracy hatched by rancher William Hale (Robert DeNiro).
The newly formed federal division of the American police comes to investigate the victims, the FBI, which will uncover a chilling conspiracy and those responsible for one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from “Killers of the Flower Moon”.
To give support to the police there is Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo Dicaprio), nephew of the dreaded Hale e married to Mollie, an Indian woman by Osage, played by Lily Gladstone. They are in the cast also Jesse Plemons as an FBI agent and the new Oscar winner Brandan Fraseras a powerful lawyer.
The role of Mollie
Married, in the film, to Ernest played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Mollie is «the consciousness of the film», as told to Deadlines Martin Scorsese. A wealthy Osage woman who begins to suffer from a seemingly simple case of diabetes. Insulin injections seem to only make things worse though, e after losing her sisters under strange circumstancesMollie begins to to suspect that something is wrong in his marriage.
Lily Gladstone. (Getty Images)
always to DeadlinesLily Gladstone spoke even more deeply about his character. Also hinting at something a little mysterious on the development of the story.
«Mollie loves Ernest for the innocence she sees in him and it is something common in many women. But if you love someone without ever thinking that he can do something evilyou can be sure that someone will do it right under your nose”.
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