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a14 people & arts
Wednesday 11 May 2022
Summer Preview: Daisy Edgar-Jones takes on 'Crawdads'

By LINDSEY BAHR she "cannot take any cred-
AP Film Writer it for the beautiful drawings
Good things seem to hap- in the film." And, of course,
pen to Daisy Edgar-Jones she worked with a vocal
while she's busy doing coach to transform her
something else. Her break- English accent into Kya's
out role as Marianne in southern lilt from age 15
the popular Hulu minise- through 40.
ries "Normal People" came Before filming started, Ow-
about while she was on an- ens told her not to worry
other production. She read and to just do her best.
the book in between takes "It's a lot of pressure. I want-
and filmed her audition on ed to get it right," Edgar-
set. Jones said. "She was really
Several years later, she was generous in that way."
on that same set when she The cast includes both vet-
found out that she had a erans, like David Strathairn
shot at starring in the big as her lawyer, and up-and-
screen adaptation of Delia comers, like Harris Dickinson
Owens' " Where the Craw- (Chase) and Taylor John
dads Sing " (in theaters July Smith (Tate).
15). Lucy Alibar, the Oscar-
"It was so wild to me that This image released by Sony Pictures shows Daisy Edgar-Jones in a scene from "Where the Craw- nominated screenwriter
they were thinking of me dads Sing." of "Beasts of the Southern
for it," Edgar-Jones said last Associated Press Wild," adapted Owens'
week from London. "I think I novel and Olivia Newman,
was surprised to be in con- Sing" became an unlikely It's a love story. It's a love career to him." the director of the festival
sideration considering the phenomenon thanks at letter to nature. It's so many She found herself relating circuit darling "First Match,"
popularity of the book and least in part to actor Reese things," Edgar-Jones said. to the "marsh girl" in unex- was enlisted to direct.
just how important it was." Witherspoon, who selected "Something I really took pected ways. There was "(Olivia's) such a sensitive
"Where the Crawdads Sing" it for her book club in 2018. away from it is a newfound the loneliness and isolation director," Edgar-Jones said.
is about a girl named Kya Witherspoon and longtime appreciation for the wild of COVID-19 quarantines, "She has imbued the story
who grows up alone in the film executive Elizabeth and how much kindness but also a newfound ap- with a lyricism and a fairy
marshes of North Carolina Gabler, who has been be- can affect somebody's life. preciation for her surround- tale quality that's so beauti-
after her family abandons hind adaptations from "The Kya is taught to read by ings. ful." The "Crawdads" team is
her. The story follows Kya Devil Wears Prada" to "Hid- Tate and that's a real turn- "We were allowed one dai- full of women, too, from the
from her childhood in the den Figures," acquired the ing point in her life, it means ly walk and suddenly I was producers to the director of
1950s to adulthood as she rights to produce a feature she's able to make a life for introduced to little parks photography.
navigates romances, os- film for Sony Pictures. Since herself. In a subtle way, you and things in my area that "It was just really, really re-
tracization from the towns- coming out in 2018, "Where know, it does really sort of I just hadn't had time to freshing to see so many
people — which only inten- the Crawdads Sing" has celebrate education." experience," she said. "The women behind the cam-
sifies when one of her suit- sold over 12 million copies A friend, the same one who story is so much about re- era," she said. "I found that
ors is found dead and she's and spent 150 weeks on filmed her "Normal People" connecting with a love of incredibly inspiring."
brought to court — and the best seller list. audition, helped put her on nature that I think we often Nothing could have pre-
finding her own path and Edgar-Jones read the book tape and sent it in. As the kind of take for granted." pared her for the beauty,
purpose. in a day and was captivat- story goes, she was offered To prepare, she learned and chaos, of the New
Written by a debut novel- ed. the part the next day. how to boat and fish and Orleans shoot in the late
ist, a retired scientist in her "It's a thriller. It's a courtroom "He's my lucky charm," she even took some drawing spring early summer of
70s, "Where the Crawdads drama. It's a survival story. said. "I think I owe my entire lessons. But, she laughed, 2021, though. q

Warhol's 'Marilyn' auction nabs $195M; most for U.S. artist

NEW YORK (AP) — Andy The Warhol sale unseated sink in, it's quite something."
Warhol's "Shot Sage Blue the previous record holder "This is where we wanted to
Marilyn" sold for a cool $195 and another modern mas- be, clearly," said Guillaume
million on Monday, making ter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cerutti, CEO of Christie's. "It
the iconic portrait of Mari- whose 1982 painting "Unti- proves we are in a very re-
lyn Monroe the most ex- tled" of a skull-like face sold silient art market."
pensive work by a U.S. artist for a record $110.5 million The proceeds of the sale will
ever sold at auction. at Sotheby's in 2017. go to the Thomas and Doris
The 1964 silkscreen image Christie's said an unnamed Ammann Foundation Zur-
shows Monroe in vibrant buyer made the purchase ich, which put the painting
close-up — hair yellow, eye- Monday night. When the up for auction. The founda-
shadow blue and lips red — auction was announced tion aims to help children
on a rich blue background. earlier this year, they esti- with health care and edu-
It's also the most expensive mated it could go for as cational programs.
piece from the 20th century much as $200 million. Warhol created more than
The 1964 painting Shot Sage Blue Marilyn by Andy Warhol is car- ever auctioned, according "It's an amazing price," said one image of Monroe; this
ried in Christie's showroom in New York City on Sunday, May 8, to Christie's auction house Alex Rotter, chairman of particular painting has
2022. in New York, where the sale Christie's 20th and 21st cen- been exhibited in museums
Associated Press took place. tury art department. "Let it around the world.q