Warning: This article contains spoilers forAnora.
BeforeAnora, directorSean Bakerwould usually cast a minimal amount of professional actors in his movies.
InThe Florida Project(2017), for instance, he castWillem Dafoealongside newcomers like young Brooklynn Prince.
Yura Borisov, Mark Eidelshtein, Karren Karagulian, and Mikey Madison in ‘Anora’.Neon/Courtesy Everett
There was budget, and there was time, which are always the biggest factors.
So that was another reason why I really had to have seasoned actors on board.
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Mikey Madison and Yura Borisov in ‘Anora’.Neon
But even within that tight script, these seasoned actors could make suggestions that impressed Baker.
All great actors will bring something to the table that you never expected ever, Baker says.
I’m like, You’re so right.
That would really help in this moment and take it to a very unexpected place.
Baker wasnt the only one who was impressed by Borisov.
The characters chemistry developed in parallel with the actors working relationship.
Yura is an incredible, really serious, professionally trained actor in the Russian Stanislavsky school, Madison says.
Working with him was really different, hes so soulful and sensitive.
Were dealing with some complex relationships, especially at the end with Anis gravitation towards Igor.
That stuff was discussed a lot, like whats going on in Anis head in that ending scene?
It was great to have actors who were so invested because they wanted to discuss this.
Anorais in theaters now.
