Director Sean Baker had been a fan of Mikey Madison since he saw her performance in Quentin Tarantino's 2019 film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," but it wasn't until he saw the actor in 2022's "Scream" that he knew she was his Anora.
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"I was sitting in the theater next to my wife and producer [Samantha Quan], and I turned to her and said, 'We're calling Mikey's reps as soon as we leave the theater,'" Baker explained. "I just saw in those two roles that she could give me everything I needed for ['Anora']."
As part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Variety Studio, sponsored by J.Crew and SharkNinja, Baker and Madison sat down with "Anora" cast members Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan and Yura Borisov to discuss how they brought the Palme d'Or winning film to life.
“Anora” follows a young New York sex worker married to Ivan, the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eidelshtein). But once news of their relationship reaches the motherland, Ivan’s parents don’t hesitate to end their affair.
