Two of the finest actors of their generation pair up for the first time – one a Yorgos Lanthimos veteran, the other a newcomer to this world. When Emma Stone first partnered with Lanthimos on The Favourite in 2018, it was the beginning of a beautiful creative partnership, which has now produced three feature films (including Poor Things and now Kinds of Kindness) and one short (Bleat). Kinds of Kindness is Jesse Plemons’ first time working with both Stone and Lanthimos, and across the film, the pair play near strangers, a married couple, and devoted cult members, adding to their already impressive acting CVs. The trio will reunite on Lanthimos’ next project, Bugonia, a remake of Jang Joon-hwan’s 2003 sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet!
What is your read on what Kinds of Kindness is actually about?
ES: Oh, God. We’re not going to have good answers for that.
JP: I know Willem’s going to be the one who has the answer.
ES: Willem will do it. But it’ll necessarily means by it. Or in saying what he means by it.
