Anya Taylor-Joy on ‘Furiosa’ Struggles, Being Bullied and Joining Middle-Earth
1h 58m ago by piefed.social/u/TheImpressiveX in movies@piefed.social from www.hollywoodreporter.com
From feral outsider to blockbuster muse, the ‘Lucky’ star opens up about her unconventional path to Hollywood, her battles with director George Miller and her crazy crusade to get cast in 'Dune.'
Her father was an investment banker who retired at 40, got bored and became a world champion powerboat racer — and she rode with him,
Didn't know she was a nepo baby, but it makes sense.
Most actors these days came from money and just had Daddy finance their first projects.
Her magically getting a lead part in a movie by a first time director with no money and then suddenly being able to pump out a high quality independent movie picked up by a24...
It's the same path the Mara's took.
Rich kid wants to act, so their dad funds movies until people accept their kids a movie star.
Like most things in society, average people just can't compete with that.