PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Ti West and Mia Goth, director and actress of the film Pearl.
Ti West is the director of Pearl, starring Mia Goth, who also wrote together with Ti this prequel of the hugely acclaimed X. We talk about how this happened, why making a prequel set one century before, and the way of working as a team.
Pearl: Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions all collide, in the stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.
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