British actress Anya Taylor-Joy has been having a bit of a hot streak lately with her massively popular Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit,” the Edgar Wright horror film “Last Night In Solo” coming out later this year, reunited with “The Witch” director Robert Eggers for his Viking epic “The Northman,” and was recently tapped to play a young Furiosa in George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa.” Now, Taylor-Joy is looking to join the comedic thriller “The Menu” for director Mark Mylod and producer Adam McKay.
Deadline reports that the young actress is in negotiations with Searchlight Pictures to play the female lead opposite two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes, who closed a deal previously. Mylod is likely best known for directing episodes of “Succession,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Shameless.”
The dark comedy written by Will Tracy and Seth Reiss focuses on a young couple that travels to an exclusive but remote restaurant located on an island. Taylor-Joy will play one-half of the young couple while Fiennes plays the chef.
“The Menu” was formerly set to star Oscar-winner Emma Stone with Taylor-Joy taking over that part, and it was once had Alexander Payne set to direct before being replaced by Mylod.
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Fiennes will be seen next in Daniel Craig‘s final James Bond film “No Time To Die,” reprising the role of MI6 head honcho M set for release on October 8 and leads Matthew Vaughn‘s WWI-era “Kingsman” prequel “The King’s Man” coming out on December 22.
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