"We’ve all become story savvy," Anya Taylor-Joy tells Total Film in the new issue of the magazine, . "Because we’re consuming so much, we tend to have an idea of how a story’s going to go, or how it’s going to culminate. With The Menu, I ge🐭nuinely did not expect the final sc⛄ene."
It's no surprise that The Menu finds a way to creep up on you – the upcoming film comes from director Mark Mylod, best known for his recent worꦐk on Succession and Game of Thrones. The Menu is the tale of Margot and Tyler (Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult), a young, wealthy couple traveling to a remote island to dine at the super-exclusive restaurant of Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes).
There are 12 diners in all, among them a snooty food critic (Janet McTeer), a middle-aged movie star (John Leguizamo), and a trio of young, arrogant tech bros (Rob Yang, Arturo Castro, Mark St. Cyr). And boy, are they in for an unforgettable evening, as Chef’s themed menu ("He’s not just a chef, he’s a storyteller," purrs Tyler; "He’s a prick," replies Margot) reveals itself to possess an overarching theme that offers a gut-punch to the prཧivileged diners. Twists and turns and a litany of shameful backstories come into play as we move from amuse-bouche to dessert via a number of molecular gastronomical delights, with each course granted a title (‘The 💦Mess’, ‘Man’s Folly’) by Chef as he introduces it.
"What I loved about it is that symbiotic relationship between the satire and the sheer entertainment," says Mylod, who came on board after Alexander Payne (Sideways, Nebraska) departed. Emma Stone (澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:La La Land, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Favourite), originally down to play Margot, also asked for the cheque, but such roundelays are common in Hollywood as projects stutter through development and schedules clash. In no time at all, Adam McKay (The Big Short, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Don’t Look Up) came on as a produ🦄cer – he’s an executive producer on Succession, and directed the pilot episode – and Mylod was tapped up for the directing gig.
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