Anya Taylor-Joy on ‘Thoroughbreds,’ Anton Yelchin, Women in Movies and What’s Next

Anya Taylor-Joy is a former BAFTA Rising Star nominee and one of Variety’s 2018 Brits to Watch.

Having starred in Robert Eggers’ “The Witch” and M.

Night Shyamalan’s “Split,” she can now be seen in “Thoroughbreds,” described by Variety as a “remarkable debut” for playwright and first-time director Cory Finley.The film set in wealthy Connecticut and follows two rich girls, Lily (Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke), as they scheme to murder Lily’s stepfather with the help of Tim, played by the late Anton Yelchin.

The movie opens in the U.K.

on Friday.Taylor-Joy can also be seen in the upcoming titles “Glass,” the follow-up to “Split,” and “X-Men: The New Mutants.” She is currently filming “Radioactive,” a biopic of Marie Curie (starring Rosamund Pike), in which she plays the double Nobel Prize-winning scientist’s daughter.She spoke to Variety about “Thoroughbreds,” her career, and the business.

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