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Renaissance in Review

Director Parker Finn discusses his new film, Smile 2, with fellow Director Mike Flanagan in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses how he returned to the idea to explore the same concept through a vastly different lens, working with Actor Naomi Scott to bring the duality of her character’s public persona and isolation to life, and choreographing color-laden horror scenes for his pop star character in what he describes as “inspired by Wes Craven as it is Bob Fosse”.

The film tells the story of Skye Riley, a pop star about to embark on a world tour when she begins to experience increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, she is forced to face her past.


See photos and a summary of this event below:

https://dga.org/en/Events/2024/Dec2024/Smile2_QnA_1024

Smile 2 with Parker Finn and Mike Flanagan (Ep. 502)

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Smile 2 with Parker Finn and Mike Flanagan (Ep. 502)

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