Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Power is a dangerous, delicate creature,” Kiernan Shipka’s character tells us in voice-over as she zips up her dress. “Intoxicating.
15.03.2022 - 23:03 / justjared.com
Kiernan Shipka and Diane Kruger hit the red carpet together at the SXSW Film Festival!
The two actresses joined forces for the premiere of their new Roku Original series Swimming with Sharks on Monday (March 14) at the Stateside Theater at The Paramount in Austin, Tex.
Kiernan and Diane were joined by co-stars Gerardo Celasco (with girlfriend Jennifer Morrison), Ross Butler, Thomas Dekker, Finn Jones, and Erika Alexander, as well as showrunner and writer Kathleen Robertson.
The day before, Kiernan and Diane both made an appearance at the Variety Studio and The Prime Video Blue Room Lounge at SXSW.
Swimming with Sharks is a six-part series that follows Lou Simms (Shipka) as she starts her internship at Fountain Pictures. While Lou may seem like a naïve Hollywood newcomer, awestruck by the studio’s notorious CEO, Joyce Holt (Kruger), landing this internship was no happy accident. As Lou’s obsession grows, she will do anything to get close to her idol.
The series premieres on The Roku Channel on April 15.
FYI: Diane is wearing Giambattista Valli with Chaumet jewelry. Kiernan is wearing Dolce&Gabbana.
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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Power is a dangerous, delicate creature,” Kiernan Shipka’s character tells us in voice-over as she zips up her dress. “Intoxicating.
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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTo play the steel-edged movie executive at the center of “Swimming With Sharks,” Roku’s upcoming female-centered reboot of the Hollywood classic, Diane Kruger took a long look at her own experiences in show business.From her early modeling career to breaking into feature films in a dramatically different business landscape than the current one, Kruger has weathered the ups and downs that define many successful careers. But in playing a movie executive, one fond of hurling Louboutins at assistants and willing to sell her mother up the river to close a deal, she was struck by the differences in acceptable professional behavior over time.“I’ve definitely come across the Weinsteins of this world from the get go,” Kruger said during a conversation at the Variety SXSW Studio, in town for the first screening and panel surrounding “Swimming With Sharks.” “I remember testing for ‘Troy,'” she said of the 2003 Brad Pitt vehicle which launched Kruger in the U.S.
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