Following his break-out hit Drive and the divisive Only God Forgives, it was confirmed late last year that Nicolas Winding Refn would be returning to Los Angeles with a horror film featuring an all-female cast titled Neon Demon. We’ve now got confirmation on who’ll lead the film, as The Wrap reports and Refn confirms Elle Fanning is set to take part. The actress, who has been seen recently in Maleficent but is perhaps best known around these parts for Somewhere, will play “an aspiring model who is caught in a world of beauty and demise.”
Scripted by Refn and Mary Laws, the director previously said, “One morning I woke and realized I was both surrounded and dominated by women. Strangely, a sudden urge was planted in me to make a horror film about vicious beauty. After making DRIVE and falling madly in love with the electricity of Los Angeles, I knew I had to return to tell the story of THE NEON DEMON.” Cliff Martinez will return to score, while frequent collaborator Matthew Newman will edit, and Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster) will shoot the film, which kicks off production this March.
Are you looking forward to seeing Fanning take on the role?