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Edebiri Addresses Viral Interview as ‘After the Hunt’ Opens New York Film Festival

At a NYFF press conference, the actor called the exchange a human moment and said the movements in question are not over.

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A photo illustration of Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, and Michael Stuhlbarg.
Ayo Edebiri, left, Julia Roberts and director Luca Guadagnino on the set of "After the Hunt."
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Overview

  • Ayo Edebiri discussed the widely shared ArtsLife TV clip at NYFF, saying she largely ignored online reaction and describing the moment as very human.
  • The viral question from Italian journalist Federica Polidoro was initially directed only to Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield and framed #MeToo and Black Lives Matter as finished.
  • Edebiri responded that the work of those movements continues, a view echoed at the time by her costars, while Polidoro later defended her conduct in an Instagram statement.
  • After the Hunt opened the New York Film Festival following its Aug. 29 Venice premiere, where reviews were sharply divided.
  • Amazon MGM plans a limited U.S. theatrical release on Oct. 10 followed by a wider expansion on Oct. 17 for Luca Guadagnino’s campus-set psychological drama starring Roberts, Edebiri and Garfield.