Emma Stoneis reborn.
The short teaser briefly shows Bella as she is electrocuted on a medical examination table and wakes up.
The trailer teases the rest of the film’s cast, with 67-year-old Dafoe’s scarred scientist,Mark Ruffalo,Ramy YoussefandJerrod Carmichaelappearing to join Bella on a steam boat in the ocean.
“I am finding being alive fascinating,” Bella says at one point before the teaser shows her spitting out food and slapping a bewildered Duncan (Ruffalo) across the face.
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Bella proves “eager to learn” under the scientist’s supervision but quickly “runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.”
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Stone is a producer onPoor Thingsand appears to have developed a close collaborative relationship with filmmaker Lanthimos; she andThe FavouritecastmateJoe Alwyn, as well as 67-year-old Dafoe, are also working together on his next filmAND.
In May 2022, Stone told reporters in Athens thatworking with Lanthimos is “a great gift"after she appeared in his 30-minute short filmBleat, released last year.
“I don’t know if it’s the hardest project I’ve ever done, but it was definitely a challenge,” Stone said at a press conference at the time. “I could talk for hours about the things I like in working with Yorgos.”
Poor Thingsis in theaters Sept. 8.
source: people.com
