Interview With "The Ugly Stepsister" Director/Writer Emilie Blichfeldt And Stars Lea Myren & Thea Sofie Loch Næss

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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"The Ugly Stepsister" had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in the midnight section, where it received positive reviews for its style, performances, and body horror retelling of the fairy tale Cinderella from the point of view of Elvira (the ugly stepsister) who competes against her beautiful stepsister in a bloody battle for beauty. Debut filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt and stars Lea Myren and Thea Sofie Loch Næss were all kind enough to speak with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will open in theaters on April 18th from IFC Films. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is the director and writer of the film The Ugly Stepsister, Emily, the H. Nels, and the film stars, Liam Mirren, Theosophy Loch Nance.
0:21.6	No!
0:23.6	No!
0:26.6	No! So very nice to meet you too.
0:47.2	Thank you so much for your time today.
0:48.9	I don't know what part of the world you are currently in, but good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you are.
0:57.0	It's good evening for us in Norway at least. Oh, very nice, very nice.
0:59.0	I just woke up not too long ago in California, so...
1:03.0	I'm totally been opposite end.
1:05.0	Well, I'm so excited to speak with all three of you about this film.
1:09.0	It certainly gave me plenty of nightmares
1:11.1	after I saw it at Sundance, which I think is the goal. But it really remained one of my
1:17.4	favorite films that I saw at the film festival, so I'm very beyond thrilled to speak with
1:21.9	all three of you. I guess we'll kind of just dive right into it. I think a lot of people forget
1:27.4	just how dark fairy tales can be
1:30.5	and how very twisted they were way back in the day.
1:33.9	It makes me wonder what was going on with people way back when.
1:38.7	Emily, I would love to know a little bit about, you know,
1:41.8	what drew you to this specifically very dark version of a very
1:46.0	beloved tale that we all know?
1:48.5	You know, when I rediscovered the Brothers' version of the fairy tale and the horrible scene
1:53.9	where one of the step-sister cuts off her toes to fit the shoe, I immediately identified
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