It's not unusual for a film's publicity team to set boundaries regarding what details film journalists can and cannot reveal ahead of release. But the Sharper team take it one step further, with director Benjamin Caron and actors Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith and Briana Middleton, all wanting personal assurances that Total Film will not spoil any of the thriller's many twists.
“I don't know how you guys are going to write about it!” laughs Caron. “But we need to protect this story as much as possible”. When Moore is reassured the plot will be kept secret even if she accidentally lets something slip, she relaxes. “I appreciate that,” she says. “It's challenging to talk in this interview because I don't want to mention… [redacted].”
Suffice to say, at we are total pros, and not in the business of dropping spoilers (even when we haven't been begged to by the cast). We reveal that the new Apple TV+ thriller has its roots in some of Caron's favourite movies like and (1968), as a group of Manhattanites plot their way to the top. It can also be revealed that Moore plays Madeline the elegant partner of a billionaire who slinks into each room in perfectly tailored silk ensembles as if she's gliding through melted butter. Stan, meanwhile, plays charming con man, Max, in a role that, he says, “reminded me.”
