Mia just wrapped the filming of a new psychological thriller - "Piercing". Apparently she plays a "mysterious call-girl"; it's based on a radical Japanese novel.
http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/filming-wraps-on-nicolas-pesces-piercing-starring-mia-wasikowska-761
Devoted of you to post this news, considering that the entire forum will evaporate in less than two weeks. :)
After five straight period pieces, Mia probably welcomed what appears to be a contemporary role. On the other hand, her historical characters are usually sweet and heroic (exception for Emma Bovary), whereas her modern characters tend to be damaged.
Nice to hear from you in these "final days". Yes, this will all be gone in a couple of weeks. Actually, I won't miss it that much, I really think it's been going down hill over the last couple of years - use to be able to have some interesting discussions, but I find that on many of the threads the trolls have driven away people who don't feel energized by toxicity. I think IMDb just got tired of all the complaints and dealing with the hate, so they decided to drain the swamp.
You make a good point that Mia's modern characters tend to be damaged ("Maps to the Stars", "Stoker", "In Treatment", "Tracks" etc.). I really like the idea of Mia playing a call-girl - I think she'll bring a lot of layers to that kind of role. She can really tap into a dark edge and twisted sexuality when it's needed - she can go just as demonic as she can angelic, be both tough and vulnerable, and combine it all. The director of "Piercing" is the guy who wrote and directed "The Eyes of My Mother" (his first film), which is really a super-intense, psychologically brutal, and aesthetically beautiful bit of filmmaking - very impressive. I'm also really looking forward to "Damsel", which is a film by the Zellner brothers - their last film was "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter", one of my favorite films of 2015. Mia seems to love the edgy stuff.
Nobody can make a movie so on the down low quite like Mia.
You four-eyed psycho.
Nobody can make a movie so on the down low quite like Mia.
I know. That's fine with me - too much information takes away the mystery. I don't care anymore about watching the sausage being made, watching trailers (which are usually misleading and full of spoilers), etc. - there's something cool about hearing nothing about a film until it's in the can. So now we have three Mia films in post-production. Great. Who knows what else she's got brewing - she's certainly not going to tell us.
When Wasikowska appeared on the cover of the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue 4 years ago, alongside Rooney Mara, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain, we thought she’d be the one to nab the most Oscar nominations from the quartet. Yet here we are and she has yet to get her first. It’s funny how these things work. We are glad to see her working with up and coming promising directors and in what sounds on paper to be challenging work.
http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2017/2/10/mia-wasikowska-is-piercing.html
You four-eyed psycho.
It’s Time To Give Mia Wasikowska The Recognition She Deserves
Have you seen this article? The writer hits on some excellent points. The truth is, of course, that Mia has done a lot of very challenging, amazing work, but in some very edgy, not particularly Oscar-friendly movies. I hope she just keeps doing the kinds of movies that interest her, because those are what interest me. Eventually she'll appear in one that is a little more mainstream and something the Academy can embrace. But I don't see the rush - it's more important that she feels inspired as an artist, because I know if she doesn't she'll just stop doing movies, and what a loss that would be for us all.
https://filmschoolrejects.com/mia-wasikowska-and-how-the-quietness-of-acting-remains-unrewarded-d8b188942923#.l29ajlcdx