Condemned nuns’ nightmare: Stranger Things and Harry Potter stars Maya Hawke, Harry Melling officially join Hereditary director’s film
Four stars join the cast
Maya Hawke and Harry Melling will appear in The Confessions alongside Alexander Skarsgård and Hunter Schafer. Hawke is also set to star in The Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping.
Melling recently received acclaim for Pillion, which also featured Skarsgård. Schafer is set to appear in Blade Runner 2099 and returned for the final season of HBO’s Euphoria earlier this year.
Aster takes a producing role
Aster directed Hereditary, Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid and Eddington. His 2018 debut, Hereditary, is widely regarded as a defining horror film of the 21st century, while Midsommar is often described as his magnum opus.
A story of condemned nuns
The Confessions is the filmmakers’ follow-up to Rumors, a political satire that premiered at Cannes. Its synopsis describes condemned nuns bearing witness to an accursed love triangle involving a missing sea captain and his poet wife. The project is described as a “cautionary psycho-dramedy.” The article ends with Aster’s introduction to a statement about the film, but does not include the statement itself.
Key points
- Maya Hawke, Harry Melling, Alexander Skarsgård and Hunter Schafer will star in The Confessions.
- Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg will produce the film.
- The story centers on condemned nuns and a love triangle involving a sea captain and his poet wife.