“Something about that just ruined me,” Kendrick says of her research for the true-crime thriller.
Woman of the Hour’s dark subject matter took a toll on its star and first-time director.
And I thought, ‘I know exactly where that is.'"
Anna Kendrick in ‘Woman of the Hour ‘.Leah Gallo/Netflix
Recognizing the Los Angeles location, Kendrick knew the woman’s home was close to the beach.
He broke in through her window, and she was on the ocean.
She would’ve been hearing the ocean.’
Pete Holmes and Anna Kendrick behind the scenes on ‘Woman of the Hour’.Leah Gallo/Netflix
And something about that just ruined me."
The detail also fits with a larger theme of the film: violence in nature.
The visual also reflects the film’s themes about the dangers and rewards of intimacy.
Woman of the Hourhits Netflix on Friday.
