Anya Taylor-Joy Reveals Why She Joined Scott Derrickson’s ‘The Gorge’

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Anya Taylor-Joy has worked with a variety of Hollywood stars in recent projects.
Taylor-Joy is excited to work with Miles Teller in the upcoming film
The Gorge
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The Gorge
combines genres such as love story, action and has Sigourney Weaver in the cast.

During his career, Anya Taylor-Joy has taken a real Pokémon-like approach to his projects. What we mean by that isn't just that the star will “catch 'em all” gender-wise, but he's also done the same with the names he's on the call sheet with. In recent years, it is appeared alongside Timothée Chalamet in Dune: second part to a very exciting cameo, although short-livedvoice partners Chris Pratt and Charlie Day a The Super Mario Bros. Moviei Nicholas Hoult enters the menu. Essentially, we assume that your phone contacts are a veritable who's who of Hollywood megastars.

Taylor-Joy recently sat down with Collider's Steve Weintraub at his side Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga co-star, Chris Hemsworthto chat about it next installment of the universe created by George Miller. While she was there, Weintraub asked her Last night in Soho star about his next project, The Gorgeand what drew her to the latest role that emerged The black phone i sinister– helmer, Scott Derrickson. Citing one of his closest friends as one of the main reasons for his interest The GorgeTaylor-Joy said,

“Oh, I was so excited to work with Miles [Teller]. We are all good friends, but we have wanted to work together for a long time.”

But friendship wasn't the only thing that attracted Taylor-Joy The Gorge, with the actress adding that she was also excited for the film to be something people had never seen before. She went on to say, “I think I was intrigued by the fact that it was semi-genre in the sense that it was both a love story and an action movie. So, I was excited about that.”

What is 'The Gorge' about?

Combining mystery with action, sci-fi with horror and adding a touch of romance, The Gorge will center on two soldiers (Taylor-Joy, Teller) tasked with protecting a seemingly endless gorge with an agent on either side. Beyond these slim details, the only other thing we currently know about Derrickson's latest venture is that the legendary Sigourney Weaver (alien) will also be the protagonist alongside Taylor-Joy and Teller.

You can check out Collider's full interview with Taylor-Joy and Hemsworth above, and stay tuned for more on The Gorge as it becomes available. In the meantime, learn everything there is to know Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagahere in our global guideand see the film when it crashes in theaters on May 24.