It’s a great film, atmospheric and brooding, and Manville is quietly terrifying in it. We are discussing her performance alongside Kevin Costner and Diane Lane in Let Him Go, a 50s neo-Western in which she plays a gun toting, big-haired Midwestern matriarch, Blanche, who terrorises her extended family and has no qualms about filching people’s grandsons or even their fingers. There has been a shift.” Lesley Manville stars in 50s neo-Western in which she plays a gun toting, big-haired Midwestern matriarch, Blanche, in Let Him Go (Photo : Kimberly French / Focus Features ) She smiles shrewdly as I mention this absurd eradication of nearly 50 years of work. She has hardly paused since appearing in Emmerdale Farm in 1974 but it was her Oscar-nominated performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in 2018 that propelled Manville into the Hollywood league.Īt 64, there’s a perception in some circles that she’s having a late-blooming career. It’s strange that Manville is not a “celebrity” given how deeply impressive her British stage and film credits are (she has won one Olivier award, been nominated for two more and is a two-time Bafta nominee). Talking to Manville is an interesting exercise in assessing how we categorise and value fame, particularly given her ex (and his wife after her – he has had five – Uma Thurman). Is Mank a true story? How new Netflix movie was inspired by the Citizen Kane writer Herman J Mankiewicz
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