Edgar Wright Casts Matt Smith in His Horror Movie LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
Director Edgar Wright is filling up the cast for his upcoming horror movie Last Night in Soho. Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (Leave No Trace) have joined the previously cast Anya Taylor-Joy (Glass).
We don't know much about the plot, but we do know that it's a psychological horror-thriller that is set in London’s Soho district. The movie is said to be in the vein of Donald Sutherland’s 1973 film Don’t Look Now and Roman Polanski’s 1965 movie Repulsion.
We’ve also learned from Collider that “the film will take place in two different time periods — the ’60s and modern day. Taylor-Joy will play the lead in the ’60s, while McKenzie will play a fashion student in modern day scenes.” Smith is said to play “Taylor-Joy’s manager of sorts.”
This is what the director had to say about it in a previous statement:
“I realised I had never made a film about central London – specifically Soho, somewhere I’ve spent a huge amount of time in the last 25 years. With Hot Fuzz and Shaun Of The Dead you make movies about places you’ve lived in. This movie is about the London I’ve existed in.”
Wright will direct with a script he co-wrote with Krysty Wilson-Cairns (Penny Dreadful). He’s putting together a great cast for the movie and as a fan of Wright’s work, I’m excited to see what exactly he’s planning for this horror movie of his.