Exclusive: Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson talk The Lost Daughter
Hitting select theaters December 17 and on 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
Colman recently an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s The Crown. She also an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite. This year alone, she’s voiced a character in both The Mitchells vs. the Machines and in Ron's Gone Wrong, had a supporting role in Mothering Sunday, and was the narrator in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.
Johnson, whose film credits include the erotic romantic drama film series Fifty Shades, Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, Luca Guadagnino's drama A Bigger Splash, and Drew Goddard’s thriller Bad Times at the El Royale, was last seen opposite Tracee Ellis Ross and Kelvin Harrison Jr. in The High Note.
BlackFilmandTV.com’s Wilson Morales recently spoke with Colman and Johnson regarding The Lost Daughter and filming in Greece.