Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank headlines with Michael Ealy the new suspense thriller, Fatale. We caught up with Swank and her co-star to talk about the thriller and it's relatability.
Five Things You Need to Know:
- The drama revolves around a one-night stand in Vegas and the successful married man who finds himself entangled in a cunning police detective's latest investigation.
- The film was initially scheduled to be released on June 19, 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic. It was then scheduled to be released on October 30, 2020, however, it was pushed to 2021 in early October, then November 23 and finally December 18. The movie was made available through video on demand on January 8, 2021 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
- Hilary Swank came to international recognition in the early 2000s for her performances as Brandon Teena, playing a trans man, in Boys Don't Cry and as Maggie Fitzgerald, an aspiring boxer, in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. Both performances earned her critical acclaim, including two Academy Awards.
- Swank made her film debut with a minor role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She then had her breakthrough, starring as Julie Pierce in The Next Karate Kid, the fourth installment of The Karate Kid franchise, and as Carly Reynolds on the eighth season of Beverly Hills, 90210.
- Michael Ealy, is known for his roles in Barbershop, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Takers, Think Like a Man, About Last Night, Think Like a Man Too, The Perfect Guy and The Intruder. He also starred as Dorian the android in the Fox TV science fiction police drama series Almost Human.
5) Director Deon Taylor founded Hidden Empire Film Group in Sacramento, California and wrote and directed his first film, "Dead Tone", then went on to do the horror series for BET, "Nite Tales", then a low budget series starring Flavor Flav that drew one million viewers on its first airing. It was followed by a slasher thriller "Chain Letter" in 2010. Taylor has paired with Jamie Foxx to co-direct a future national television release titled "Tommy's Little Girl" He tells us about this film and it's relatability saying "we did a whole lot of learning this year, cause we need it, we made a lot of mistakes. Life is about falling down and getting up and bumping your head and saying I shouldn’t go that way again and I think this movie plays in a very weird way that way."