"If you're wondering what members of the French 75 chat about when they're not breaking immigrants out of detainment centers or robbing banks, the answer is astrology. Or at least that's what the cast of Paul Thomas Anderson's " One Battle After Another " discussed in between firing prop machine guns and driving getaway cars in the vigilante thriller. "We were all of us just there, chatting up in between takes, talking about astrology, talking about full moons,""
""My agent reached out to me like, 'Paul Thomas Anderson wants your number. Can I give it to him?' He wants to talk to you directly," McHayle said. "I was like, 'Who? OK, yeah, give him my number.'" The pair then met several times in New York City over the next few years, with Anderson telling McHayle he was crafting a far-left vigilante based on her stage persona."
Cast members of One Battle After Another chatted about astrology and full moons between takes, with multiple cast members noting Scorpio placements. Shayna McHayle appears as French 75 member Junglepussy and primarily performs music under the stage name Junglepussy. Paul Thomas Anderson created a character named Junglepussy for McHayle after seeing her on tour with Tame Impala in 2022. McHayle previously appeared in Support the Girls (2018) and The Perfect Find (2023). An agent exchange led to several New York City meetings and a script that included her name, lyrics, and explicit references that surprised her.
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