Exploring Acts of Kindness: Interview with Jesse Plemons & Willem Dafoe

Jun 28 2024

After a successful awards season with Poor Things, the release of Kinds of Kindness this week, and the announcement of his next feature, Bugonia, filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos is keeping busy. This means the actors he likes to work with — Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe — are also reading scripts, hitting rehearsals, and heading back into production soon. Plemons and Dafoe discuss their experiences working with Lanthimos on Kinds of Kindness, an anthology of "strange sociological horror" featuring a revolving cast of characters struggling with themes of control, connection, and power. Plemons, who earned Best Actor for the film at Cannes, shares insights into the unique process on set and their own expectations going into the project.