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Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar were CinemaCon on Tuesday with Paul Feig and the first look at The Housemaid, opening on Christmas Day.
“It’s going to a theater, thank God,” beamed Seyfried.
“You really have a hit on your hands,” Feig said before the trailer rolled.
We first told you about this project.
Based on the Freida McFadden novel and adapted by Rebecca Sonnenshine, the movie follows Millie (Sweeney), a struggling young woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew (Sklenar), a wealthy upscale couple. She soon learns that the family’s secrets are far more dangerous than her own.
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In the high-gloss trailer, and for those who don’t know the book –who’s the killer here? Nina or Millie? Both have blood on their hands during the trailer. The pic takes place at a mansion in the burbs during the winter. it’s clear Millie is disgruntled — she’s holding a broken plate. But Nina is burning letters. Andrew, the hunky husband, is standing near an ambulance.
Said Sweeney on bringing the project to screen, “I’m a big book lover, I love reading books. The Housemaid was everywhere — Amazon and all over TikTok. I read all three [books] in one week.”
The Euphoria star added: “I love when there’s so much unexpected twists and turns and the characters are flawed and you love them at the same time. You question your own morals.”
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“We just wrapped this movie. I will never forget the way playing Nina made me feel. I went to places I never thought I’d go to. The surprises in my own experience in playing this character were life-affirming and career affirming,” said Seyfried. “We reached places I never could go as an actor. We played some wacky shit. And weren’t expecting to.”
Producers are Todd Lieberman, Carly Kleinbart Elter, Feig and Laura Fischer.