The HR exclusive tells us that the brilliant Carrie Brownstein from Portlandia (tell me you’ve seen it) has just been added to the cast of Todd Haynes’ drama Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. You may remember Ms. Mara gave Ms. Blanchett her award in Santa Barbara.
Where Todd Haynes goes I will follow. He is perhaps among the most underrated American treasures in cinema today. He’s far too humble, perhaps that’s been his problem all of this time. He’s always been ahead of his time. Safe was ahead of its time. I’m Not There, Far From Heaven, etc. Any of those films, if released today, would make a far bigger splash vis a vis the giant crap Hollywood’s been taking lately. So it is with eager anticipation that we await Carol.
Meanwhile, Cincinnati.com has pics from the Carol set:
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John Magaro has also joined the cast! He was the lead in Not Fade Away. I went to college with him, and he’s a great guy. Apologies for the name dropping 🙂
i loved Haynes’ Far from Heaven and Mildred Peirce but I’m Not There was um…. stupid.
I’ve seen Portlandia AND I’ve listened to Sleater-Kinney!
I’m quite certain Harvey will fight for a 2014 release date 🙂
I mean it is still only April and the film has now been shooting for almost a whole month (they started on March 12th)
I believe that in the two first pictures, we see Blanchett body double for light and camera rehearsals. I may be wrong though
CAROL is just behind Herzog’s QUEEN OF THE DESERT as my most anticipated female-centric film in 2015
I love Portlandia and Brownstein! I’ve been waiting for her to have a breakout film role. The Women and Women First sketches might be my favorite. I’m comfortable in saying Portlandia is right up there with Louie and Key & Peele.