Rumoursfollows the leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies as they gather for the annual G7 summit to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. They realize they are suddenly alone as an apocalypse strikes, causing them to become flustered as they continue to nail down a provisional statement. A combination of several genres,Rumourshas something for everyone.
The film stars Cate Blanchettas the leader of the host country, Germany. She has had an extensive acting career and is best known for her roles as Galadriel inThe Lord of the Ringsand, more recently, Lydia Tar inTar. Denis Ménochete also stars, and is well known for his roles in such films asInglorious BasterdsandBeau Is Afraid.Rumourscomes to theaters in the United States on October 18.
Rumours Trailer: Cate Blanchett Horror-Comedy With 80% RT Score Gets Unsettling First Look
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Screen Rantinterviewed Cate Blanchett and Denis Ménochet to discuss what it was aboutRumoursthat drew them to the project, which turned out to beproducer Ari Aster. They also revealed how they would describe this film to someone, given that it is many different genres in one, and how they would handle being put in this situation in real life.
Both Cate Blanchett & Denis Ménochet Came To Rumours Through Ari Aster
“Ari is a friend of mine and called me up and it was a no brainer, a no big brainer.”
Screen Rant: What was it about Rumours that made you want to be a part of it?
Cate Blanchett: Well, obviously I’m a huge fan of Guy’s ouvre. I had seen all his films and I particularly loved The Green Fog, which he’d made with Evan and Galen Johnson. And then I found out that Ari Aster was producing. That’s how it came to me and how it came to you. So as soon as I read the script, I laughed out loud. I think all good scripts have the sense that they have to be filmed to make sense. And so, the chance to work with them and with an international cast, it was unturndownable. I knew it was funny. It was awkward. And the way they assemble their films is so unique in particular. So I wanted to be part of that.
Denis Ménochete: And for me, yeah, reading the script, I thought it was so wicked, hilarious. And playing the French president was nice, like, “Yeah, I can be the French president and just lean into all those cliches and have fun with it.” And just to say, Ari is a friend of mine and called me up and it was a no-brainer, a big no-brainer.
Rumours Is Many Things In One Movie
“It’s this sort of awkward cross between a Mexican soap opera and an episode of Scooby-Doo and a zombie chase movie.”
Screen Rant: How would you describe this movie to someone who wants to check it out?
Cate Blanchett: Go see it. I mean, you use the word punk, but I use the word Scooby-Doo. It’s this sort of awkward cross between a Mexican soap opera and an episode of Scooby-Doo and a zombie chase movie.
Denis Ménochete: And Dr. Strangelove.
Cate Blanchett: It feels like a documentary at times because the leadership, the global leadership is so profoundly inept that, and we play such inept world leaders who don’t know who they are without their aids, their mobile phones and their podiums. But yet the world is ending, so it feels strange. It’s a political satire on some levels, but it leans into the utter stupidity of our global leadership at the moment.
Screen Rant: If you were in this situation, how do you think you would handle it?
Denis Ménochete: I would just go, Cate, what do we do?
Cate Blanchett: I would probably eat you all.
More About Rumours (2024)
Leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies gather for the annual G7 summit to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. They soon become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles as night falls in the misty woods and they realize they are suddenly alone.
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Rumours is a comedy film directed by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin. The film centers on seven leaders of rich democracies. While attempting to draft a global crisis statement, they become lost in the woods and struggle to find their way out.
