Exclusive: Jessie Buckley talks The Lost Daughter and working with Maggie Gyllenhaal
Currently in select theaters and coming to Netflix December 31 is The Lost Daughter, written and directed By in Maggie Gyllenhaal in her directorial debut.
Adapted from the novel by Elena Ferrante, the cast includes Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Dominczyk, Alba Rohrwacher, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Panos Koronis, Robyn Elwell, Ellie Blake, and Athena Martin.
Alone on a seaside vacation, Leda (Olivia Colman) becomes consumed with a young mother and daughter as she watches them on the beach. Unnerved by their compelling relationship, (and their raucous and menacing extended family), Leda is overwhelmed by her own memories of the terror, confusion and intensity of early motherhood. An impulsive act shocks Leda into the strange and ominous world of her own mind, where she is forced to face the unconventional choices she made as a young mother and their consequences
In the last four years, Jessie Buckley is been garnering rave reviews for her performances on the stage, TV and film with roles in Wild Rose, Judy, the HBO miniseries Chernobyl, Misbehaviour, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, and season four of Fargo. She’s currently playing Sally Bowles on stage in Cabaret opposite Oscar winner Eddie Radmayne. Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales caught up with Buckley as she spoke about playing Young Leda Caruso and working with director Maggie Gyllenhaal.