Julia Fox says she had to “convince” studios to play on her for “Uncut gems. ”
The actress, who made his breakout performance in Josh and Benny Safdies Hit 2019, said during Jay Shetty’s “Pound” podcast (in the video below) as there were studio prints to have Scarlett Johansson In the role instead.
Fox played the mistress of Adam Sandler’s New York City Jewel’s Howard Ratner, whose sports game addiction throws his professional and personal lives into chaos. The Safdie brothers, who became friends with Fox in the early 2010s, wrote the role for her. But that did not mean that she automatically had the part.
“People knew who I was. I was like a headquarters, and these directors heard about me and wanted to meet me,” Fox said. “They wrote a role for this young girl who has a kind of sugar dad situation. And that movie would continue to be” uncut gemstones “. I tried like everyone else. They wanted Scarlett Johansson and all these other beautiful women, and established actresses I did a screen test with Adam Sandler, and they could do so well. Earlier The “approximately 300 girls” auditioned to play their role.)
Indiewire has reached “uncut gems” A24 distributor for comments. (Fox’s role “uncut gemstones are not unlike Johansson’s part in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s 2013 Government debut “Don Jon.”)
Fox was a first actress and admitted that at that time she “didn’t even know” if she could even act. “But I had a sigh,” Fox said. Later, she continued to cooperate with Steven Soderbergh for “presence” and “no sudden move.” Fox has her also Function -writing debut, “lipstick palm,” in works.
“Uncut Gems” won the best director at New York Film Critics circle and best script at the National Board of Review. It was Supported For nominations at the Oscar Awards 2020 Awards.
Josh and Benny Safdie, who are no longer together, both have films that will be released on A24: Benny Safdie Targeted “The Smashing Machine” with Dwayne Johnson, with Josh Safdie behind the camera on the upcoming “Marty Supreme” with Timothée Chalamet.
