Emerald Fennell gave an interesting insight into her career by linking it with her second directorial, Saltburn which was released last month. She gained attention as an actress for her period film roles like Albert Nobbs (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), and The Danish Girl (2015). After gaining much experience of being in front of the camera, she decided to delve further into the cinematic world by making her feature film directorial debut with 2020’s Promising Young Woman.
She has also worked as a head writer on season two of Killing Eve and wrote the book for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella musical. Given that her second directorial mainly focuses on the privilege part, she talked about being cautious of it as she is well versed in the same.
Emerald Fennell Delved into Her Career
In an interview with NME to talk about her newly released project, Saltburn, she delved into how she is cautious about exploring the privileged element in the movie. She shared,
“In this industry particularly – but in yours too [journalism] – one of the only ways of being able to make anything at all is if your parents live in London and you’re able to basically work for free for years.”
Emerald Fennell admitted how her influential background can affect her career differently.
“That gives you a deeply unfair advantage and I’m constantly aware of that.”
For the unversed, she is the daughter of top jewelry designer, Theo Fennell, and author, Louise Fennell. Due to her strong financial background, she grew up in a loving and comfortable household in Chelsea, a neighborhood that is now renowned for being the hub of posh reality stars. While she did have a good background, she talked about how her work as a female filmmaker is presumed in the industry.
Emerald Fennell States How a Female Filmmaker’s Work is Considered a Memoir!
In the same interview, the Promising Young Woman director shared her stance that a female filmmaker’s work is often considered a “memoir” or “diary” rather than an “exercise of imagination”.
She shared, “People want to know what you think, and my answer is always the same: I don’t know.”
She added,
“The cost-of-living crisis is a f–king nightmare. The way men treat women is a nightmare. How do we live in a world where these things exist? I don’t know. And so I make things because I want to talk about them, and because I want other people to talk about them.”
She has tried to delve into what she wanted to discuss in her new movie, Saltburn which was released on November 17. Set in the mid-2000s, it revolves around an Oxford student, Oliver Quick (played by Barry Keoghan) who gets infatuated with his classmate Felix Catton (played by Jacod Elordi)’s estate. The movie garnered mixed response from critics earning $12.7 million worldwide.
Saltburn will hit Prime Video on December 22.
