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Interview: Brady Corbet (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Playing a supporting character in Sean Durkin’s brilliant film debut Martha Marcy May Marlene, actor Brady Corbet’s “recruiter” character is the only player to cross into the feature from Durkin’s previous short film, the linked, Cannes-winning Mary Last Seen. Corbet is in a rather interesting phase in his career.

Eric Lavallée

Published on October 21, 2011

[Editor’s note: This interview was orginally published during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.]

Playing a supporting character in Sean Durkin’s brilliant film debut Martha Marcy May Marlene, actor Brady Corbet’s “recruiter” character is the only player to cross into the feature from Durkin’s previous short film, the linked, Cannes-winning Mary Last Seen (see pic above). Corbet is in a rather interesting phase in his career (read this bit). Having previously worked with Gregg Araki and Michael Haneke, Corbet will play lead and supporting roles in Antonio Campos (Simon Killer) and Lars von Trier (Melancholia) respectively (check out the interview for more on both. With MMMM you’ll get the sense that he has become a specialist in summer home invasions — so far, Corbet has been rolling the dice in his favor. Here’s my sit down with the actor back in January.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).