Charli XCX May Have What It Takes to Be a Movie Star After All

"That'd be a lot for any actor, but it's especially noteworthy for a musical artist whose acting roles were previously limited to voice parts in the Angry Birds and UglyDolls movies. Charli is a pop star, nightlife queen, and certified cool girl, but in the past year, she's made it clear she's also a cinephile who's very interested in making it onto the big screen."

"In December, her Letterboxd leaked, and while she deleted all ratings below five stars like someone diplomatically aiming not to offend potential future collaborators, it's still fun to browse and showcases eclectic viewing habits that range from the misbegotten 1999 Brittany Murphy slasher Cherry Falls to Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata. (Anyone craving pans can read between the lines of her devastating summary of A Complete Unknown: "There were a lot of songs in this!")"

"But Erupcja, a smaller indie that just had its bow at the Toronto International Film Festival, is the best test case for whether Charli's going to blossom into a movie star or not, in large part because it's the closest she's getting to a lead role until the release of the The Moment, the mockumentary she's creating for A24. Erupcja is a pleasing 71-minute doodle of a movie from Pete Ohs, a prolific filmmaker whose hip friends include the playwright Jeremy O. Harris."

Charli XCX appears in three films on the fall festival circuit with roles in four more completed, including projects from Gregg Araki and Daniel Goldhaber. Her prior acting work was limited to voice roles in Angry Birds and UglyDolls. Her leaked Letterboxd revealed eclectic cinematic tastes ranging from Cherry Falls to Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata and showed she removed ratings below five stars. Upcoming appearances include Julia Jackman's 100 Nights of Hero and Romain Gavras's Sacrifice, premiering at Venice and Toronto. Erupcja, a 71-minute indie by Pete Ohs produced with Jeremy O. Harris, offers the closest thing to a lead role before The Moment, a mockumentary she is making for A24.

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