Overview

• In new Vanity Fair comments, Johnson says he felt real fear taking the role and wondered, “Can I do this?”
• He describes spending three to four hours in makeup each day with about 13–14 prosthetics to achieve Kerr’s look.
• Emily Blunt praises his “full disappearance,” and director Benny Safdie says Johnson was “acting with every fiber of his body.”
• The biopic focuses on Kerr’s professional rise alongside personal battles, with Blunt portraying Dawn Staples.
• The film premieres in competition at Venice on Sept. 1, has a North American bow at TIFF on Sept. 8, and opens in U.S. theaters Oct. 3 via A24, with some outlets noting early awards buzz.