'Ugly Stepsister' star Lea Myren researched pain for role

'Ugly Stepsister' star Lea Myren researched pain for role

Stars Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Naess and writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt spoke with UPI about the dark Cinderella story "The Ugly Stepsister" and depicting the pain and mutilation Myren's character endures.

The Screening Room | Pointed, vicious 'Stepsister' upends 'Cinderella' story

‘The Ugly Stepsister’ ★★★½ Cast: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Naess, Ane Dahl Trop, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gardinger and Ralph Carlsson. Directed and written by Emilie Blichfeldt; produced by Maria Ekerhovd. An IFC Films release. 110 minutes. Rated…

THE UGLY STEPSISTER – Review

Lea Myren as Elvira in THE UGLY STEPSISTER. Photo credit: Lukasz Bak. Courtesy of IFC Films / Vertigo Releasing In a dark, twisted re-telling of Cinderella, Norwegian director Blichfeldt’s satiric THE UGLY STEPSISTER turns things around to tell the story from the view point of a stepsister. This Polish-shot period-film version of the classic fairy tale is a darkly comic body-horror film, which is more Brothers Grimm than either Disney or the fam…

‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: A Beautifully Twisted Body Horror Fairytale

As a society, we are still obsessed with defining what beauty is, making it glamorous for some and, in the eyes of others, unattainable. Written and directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, The Ugly Stepsister jumps feet first into this obsession. The filmmaker uses the backdrop of the fairytale world of Cinderella as a launching point to shed a harsh, unflattering light on the truth about chasing beauty and the lengths some are willing to go to appear at…

The Ugly Stepsister - Spectrum Culture

Beauty standards may vary across cultures and shift over time, but one common thread is that the pursuit of beauty often requires pain. From erstwhile practices such as foot-binding in imperial China, to Victorian women eating arsenic to brighten eyes and skin, to modern-day body hair removal methods and cosmetic surgeries, great pain has been inflicted upon many women’s bodies in the breathless pursuit of a desirable appearance. In fairy tales,…

Exclusive Interview: “THE UGLY STEPSISTER” writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt talks placing the bloody shoe on the other foot - Rue Morgue

Exclusive Interview: “THE UGLY STEPSISTER” writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt talks placing the bloody shoe on the other foot By RICKY J. DUARTE In the great pantheon of iconic horror characters, one thing is clear: Oftentimes, the villain is the more captivating archetype. The same rings true for classic fairy tales. Perhaps it’s because the squeaky-clean m…