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Right place at the Right Time for Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand

In today’s Variety we get some interesting piece of casting news for two Coens bros. pictures: circa 1984 and 87′?
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In today’s Variety we get some interesting piece of casting news for two Coens bros. pictures: circa 1984 and 87′?    

Blood Simple McDormand

“She was doing another Beth Henley play,” Ethan explains, referring to Hunter’s role as Pixrose Wilson in “The Wake of Jamey Foster,” which she originated on Broadway. “So she went home and told her roommate at the time, Frances McDormand, to come in and audition. So that’s how we met Fran.”


McDormand, of course, was cast in “Blood Simple” and would within the year become Joel’s wife as well as the brothers’ most prominent recurring star, going on to appear in six more of their films. Hunter, meanwhile, managed to phone in a cameo, literally, as the voice on an answering machine. She also remained friends with the Coens, once even sharing an apartment, along with McDormand and director Sam Raimi.

 Raising Arizona Holly Hunter

Variety is featuring actress Holly Hunter as she preps for her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read the full article here.

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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).

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