Mulligan tells EW about hunting toxic men and Oscar gold in the wild rape-revenge ride.
“I’m kind of down, because I don’t have to wear heels,” Mulligan admits.
“AtSundance, Emerald gave me these amazing pink, fluffy Ugg slippers….
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I’m wearing them [for] for every interview I’ve done since.”
The film culminates in a shocking conclusion that subverts the film’s sweet dressings with a bitter gut-punch.
“She’d sent me this Spotify playlist of all the songs she imagined [for the film].
I can’t believe you want me to do this!'
It was love at first sight.”
The same can’t be said, however, for Cassie.
She’s a prickly character, in ways that are both foreign and familiar to Mulligan.
“We don’t represent women honestly in film.
“Women onscreen not behaving in ways deemed appropriate or likable don’t go down well.
“A lot of it was hilarious,” she says.
“No one’s in that film thinking they’re doing the wrong thing,” Mulligan explains.
“A lot of [the men] really do believe they’re the best version of themselves.
They’re the ‘nice’ guys.”
That is, until their toxic methods of persuasion cross paths with Cassie’s plot for retribution.
“Audiences will love it because it’s so much fun.
It’s dark and challenging, but not in a boring, didactic way.
With those costumes and Mulligan’s performance and her pink slippers leading the promotional charge who could miss it?
