Rosalind Eleazar Leads Chris Rock's 1st Film in 12 Years as Misty Green Premieres at Toronto
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Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 13
Rosalind Eleazar Leads Chris Rock's 1st Film in 12 Years as Misty Green Premieres at Toronto
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 13
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Sept. 12 brought the world premiere of “Misty Green” at Toronto, with Rosalind Eleazar emerging as the standout in Chris Rock’s dark Hollywood satire ahead of its Oct. 9 theatrical release.
Rock said the title role was difficult to cast because it demanded nudity, volatility and self-destruction, and he chose Eleazar after deciding she would fully commit to the film’s risqué scenes.
Eleazar said she was “really desperate” for the part because the script offered an unusually raw portrait of the industry and a character she found complex, contradictory and hard to love.
Rock, 61, called the film his first writing-directing effort since 2014’s “Top Five” and said it drew on his own years around entertainers, sex workers and Hollywood humiliation.