With MaXXXine, the British actor wraps up a film trilogy for the ages.
, her third collaboration with filmmaker Ti West, Mia Goth plays an up-and-coming underground star who earns her Hollywood breakout in a delirious horror sequel. The irony is not lost on the 30-year-old.
“Sometimes yeah, if it’s a good one,” says Goth. “I just like good movies in general, regardless of the genre.”So what signifies a good horror movie to her? “Hmm… Great performances. Horror movies that are character-driven. When I think of the ultimate horror movie, like, it’s driven first and foremost by those performances from Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, and then everything else comes after that. As an actor, that’s what I look for in movies.
The X Factor: The final film in the trilogy follows Maxine into the seedy world of LA’s ’80s skin flicks.Discovered at an all-ages music festival and signed to a modelling contract at 14, Goth never formally studied acting, settling for the School of Lars von Trier instead. “I was gonna go to school and then I gotand I decided to go do that instead,” she says of her first role in the Danish director’s controversial 2013 film .
“Look, it’s one thing to see that on paper, but it’s another thing to actually see someone do it – and then do it over and over again,” recalls West. “It’s the climactic moment of the movie and it’s entirely on her shoulders to carry this emotional load throughout that scene, and she just did it. I watched it happen and I was like, okay, this is a perfect encapsulation of what she’s capable of.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
How Mia Goth became Hollywood’s most gloriously demented scream queenWith MaXXXine, the British actress wraps up a film trilogy for the ages.
Read more »
How Mia Goth became Hollywood’s most gloriously demented scream queenWith MaXXXine, the British actress wraps up a film trilogy for the ages.
Read more »
Mia says she's been harassed, blackmailed, and followed — but it's 'swept under the rug'As Australia continues to grapple with a nationwide crisis of gender-based violence, sex workers say they're being left out of the conversation.
Read more »
Mamamia founder Mia Freedman set to demolish opulent $12 million Point Piper mansion7NEWS brings you the latest local news from Australia and around the world. Stay up to date with all of the breaking sport, politics, entertainment, finance, weather and business headlines. Today's news, live updates & all the latest breaking stories from 7NEWS.
Read more »
– a horribly watchable Hollywood tale of sex, death, fear and goreMia Goth returns for the third chapter of the X trilogy as an adult film star trying to take a crack at horror while a serial killer stalks the city’s sex workers
Read more »
A Greyhound of a Girl review – Roddy Doyle story is beautiful take on childhood griefHeart-lifting adaptation of Doyle’s children’s novel follows cheeky 12-year-old Mia as she faces the loss of her beloved granny
Read more »