Taylor Russell and Jenna Ortega reportedly in talks for ‘Single White Female’ remake
Taylor Russell and Jenna Ortega are reportedly in talks for a Single White Female remake.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, 3000 Pictures is looking to remake the 1992 psycho-sexual thriller that originally starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, with Russell and Ortega slated to star and produce the reimagining.
Thus far, Sony, who have a deal with the film company, has offered no comment on the project.
In the original, Fonda played Allison, a woman who takes in Hedra (Leigh) as a roommate while she recovers from a breakup, with Hedra’s behaviour becoming increasingly obsessional and violent. The horror drama was followed up with Single White Female 2: The Psycho in 2005, which starred Kristen Miller.
Ortega is no stranger to starring in freakier films, with the Wednesday and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice star currently promoting her new film Death Of A Unicorn – an A24 comedy horror in which she stars as the daughter of Paul Rudd’s Elliot, who accidentally runs over and kills a unicorn.
As well as her turn in Death Of A Unicorn, Ortega is set to appear in Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist alongside Charli XCX, Natalie Portman and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Waves star Russell meanwhile, earned praise for her turn in Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story, Bones and All.
In NME’s four-star-review, critic Nick Levine wrote that the film “balances some gut-wrenchingly grim and gory scenes with moments of genuine tenderness,” adding that it helped that Russell and Timothée Chalamet had “an easy chemistry that deepens with the narrative”.
Before then, the second season of Wednesday is set to arrive on Netflix before the end of 2025. Lady Gaga has been added to the cast for the season, and Ortega has described her as “one of the most talented individuals I’ve ever worked with”.
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