As Anna Fox, Adams, 45, steps into a complex role of a reclusive shut-in, struggling with her agoraphobia as she dreads ever stepping outside her multi-level New York City brownstone apartment.
Amy Adams and Julianne Moore inThe Woman in the Window.20th Century Fox
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“Don’t go looking into other people’s houses — you won’t like what you see,” actress Liza Colón-Zayas says in voiceover in the preview, setting up a voyeuristic tale in the vein of 1954’sRear Window.
The film — shaping up to be equally as much a whodunit as a did-it-even-happen — also starsWyatt Russell,Anthony Mackie, and Brian Tyree Henry as a skeptical detective on the case.
Amy Adams inThe Woman in the Window.20th Century Fox
Adams appears to be all-in on yet another dark, layered character study, hot off her stint on HBO’s limited seriesSharp Objects.
In the show, the oft-Oscar-nominated actress tackled issues of self-harm and alcohol abuse, a heavy subject matter that weighed on the star. Still, Adams admitted that she can connect to troubled characters.
“I do feel like it’s relatable,” Adamstold PEOPLElast summer about herSharp Objectscharacter. “I think a lot of people have a darker side, a secret side of pain that they don’t feel like they’re able to share with the world.”
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This project marks the first time Adams and Moore, 59, will share the screen — and back in 2015, Adamstold PEOPLEthat Moore had left her seriously in awe when they’d first been introduced.
“I met Julianne Moore for the first time,” she said at the time, recalling her last instance of being starstruck. “The Big Lebowski, are you kidding me? So amazing! AndBoogie Nights? I could just keep going.”
She added: “I was pretty awestruck to meet her. She’s bold. She’s brave. She goes for it.”
The Woman in the Windowis in theaters on May 15, 2020.
source: people.com
