Anya-Taylor Joy Says Her Viking Film THE NORTHMAN Is Genuinely Something We Have Never Seen Before

I’m a big fan of the film that director Robert Eggers has made so far in his career. They include The Witch and The Lighthouse. These films are spectacularly detailed and the stories have been wonderfully insane. His next film project is a Viking revenge story titled The Northman, it will be be his biggest and most epic movie yet.

Anya-Taylor Joy is set to star in the film and she recently opened up about it during and interview with Indiewire. She explains that The Northman will be something the world “genuinely hasn’t seen before.”

“Robert [Eggers] and I have now been friends longer than we have been co-workers. Getting the opportunity to create art together again is amazing. We have both grown so much apart and now we get to grow back together. I am so proud to be a part of this project. Every moment on set I am proud. I think we will be presenting to the world something it genuinely hasn’t seen before. I just feel so humbled I get to be a a part of it.”

In the same article, Nicole Kidman, who also stars in the movie, stated she’s “terrified” of the production:

“I’m pretty terrified right now. I sound calm but you shouldn’t see what’s going on inside. I would love to say that I do know what I’m doing but a lot of times, I make very spontaneous and rather bold decisions with very little caution or thought. There’s a lot of abandonment and just going, ‘Okay, I’ll give it a go.’"

The movie is set up at New Regency and the rest of the cast includes Alexander Skarsgård, Bill Skarsgård, and Willem Dafoe.

I’m pretty stoked about this movie and I can’t wait to actually see some footage from it. I have no doubt that it will be visually stunning.