Acting and now directing, the former House of Cards star Robin Wright heads to the great outdoors trying to survive and grieve in the gritty new drama Land.
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- The drama is set in Wyoming, where a bereaved woman buys a small cabin in a remote location to begin a new life, off the grid and away from people. With the help of a kind man who teaches her to survive, she learns to forgive and move on with her life. "You can provide people with a beautiful platform of messages with a scene that has no dialog, and this movie is a perfect example because most of the movie, there’s not a lot of dialog going on, and we wanted to streamline and truncate that," said Wright. "We wanted it to be really spare and just see this beautiful connection between two human beings from completely different cultures."
- Principal photography began in October 2019 in Alberta, Canada. The film co-stars Oscar nominee Demián Bichir, playing a local hunter who helps Wright's character survive.
- Wright, an eight-time Emmy-nominated actress is perhaps best known for her role in the critically acclaimed Netflix series House of Cards, playing Claire Underwood. Wright first gained attention for her role in the NBC daytime soap opera Santa Barbara from 1984 to 1988. She then made the transition to film, starring in the romantic comedy-fantasy-adventure film The Princess Bride. She then starred in Forrest Gump, the romantic drama Message in a Bottle, Unbreakable, The Conspirator, Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Everest, both Wonder Woman films, and Blade Runner 2049.
- In 2016, Wright was one of the highest paid actresses in the U.S., earning $420,000 per episode for her role in House of Cards.
- Born in Texas, Wright moved to San Diego where she attended La Jolla High School in La Jolla and then Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
- In 2014, Wright co-partnered with two California-based companies, Pour Les Femmes and The SunnyLion. The SunnyLion donates a portion of its profits to the Raise Hope For Congo movement. Wright is an activist for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is the narrator and executive producer of the documentary When Elephants Fight, which highlights how multinational mining corporations and politicians in the Democratic Republic of Congo threaten human rights and perpetuate conflict in the region. Wright is a supporter of Stand With Congo, the human rights campaign behind the film.