‘The Last Duel’ Star Jodie Comer on Watching Herself on Screen, Working With Ridley Scott and Attending Her First Film Festival

A historical drama about two men duelling to determine the veracity of a woman’s rape in 14th century France doesn’t, at first glance, scream “feminism.”But in the deft hands of “Alien” director Ridley Scott, “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” scribe Nicole Holofcener and “Free Guy” star Jodie Comer, the woman in question — a medieval noble called Marguerite de Carrouges — is given new agency in the trio’s latest film, “The Last Duel.” Comer, who will attend the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival next week, plays Marguerite in the Walt Disney Studios production.Based on a true story and co-written by Holofcener, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (the first time the two actors have worked on a script together since “Good Will Hunting”), “The Last Duel” tells the true story of Marguerite’s sexual assault and its aftermath, in which she risks being burned at the

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