Elizabeth Olsen has offered an update on Love Child, the planned Todd Solondz drama that she and Charles Melton were set to star in.
What did Elizabeth Olsen say about Love Child?
In a recent interview with Vulture, Olsen was asked about the status of the movie, and admitted that it was “having a hard time getting made.” As to why, Olsen pointed to the lack of a “really responsible” budget, and hinted that the project didn’t have the financing it needed to continue as of now.
“There’s so many things I could say about that in private,” said Olsen. “It really comes down to having really responsible budgets. But not every movie can be made with favors for crews, right? You can’t ask crews to be paid a really shitty wage. So I don’t know. I find it all to be really frustrating right now, specifically for film.”
“The story follows Misty who is stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband,” reads the initial synopsis of Love Child. “Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation. When Easy, a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences.”
Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell were originally attached to star in the movie prior to Olsen and Melton’s casting. At the time of the movie’s announcement, Love Child was said to be produced by Cindy Bru, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, and Ford Corbett, while Michael Jefferson, Adam Beasley, Atilla Yucer, Joshua Harris, and Steven Farneth serve as executive producers.
Soldonz is known for directing movies such as 1989’s Fear, Anxiety & Depression, 1995’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, 1998’s Happiness, 2001’s Storytelling, 2004’s Palindromes, 2009’s Life During Wartime, 2011’s Dark Horse, and, most recently, 2016’s Weiner-Dog.
(Source: Vulture)
