Demi Moore to lead cast of new alien-themed romance after Oscar snub
Demi Moore has joined the cast of ‘Strange Arrivals’.
The 62-year-old actress will join Colman Domingo in the alien-themed romance film, which is based on the podcast by Toby Ball and will be directed by Roger Ross Williams, with Jane Anderson writing the script.
In a statement on the project, Williams told Deadline: “As a director, to be able to work with actors at the top of their craft, is a dream. Demi and Colman coming together for the first time to bring Jane Anderson’s beautiful script that illuminates the human condition to life, will be magic. I am also thrilled to work alongside the remarkable team at See-Saw. They have an amazing track record of making artist-driven stories, and we couldn’t be in better hands.”
The plot is based on the true story of Betty and Barney Hill, a couple who, in 1961, claimed they had been abducted by extraterrestrials on the way back from their honeymoon.
The pair enjoyed celebrity status off the back of the incident, and the upcoming film will explore the truth of what happened on that fateful night.
For Demi, the new role comes after she was nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards for her role in ‘The Substance’ but lost out to ‘Anora’ star Mikey Madison.
During an appearance at the Time100 Summit in New York, Demi explained: “I’m sorry to everyone who had hopes for me. Because I did feel a lot of collective disappointment that felt like it was even bigger than me.”
Despite this, the ‘Ghost’ actress remains hopeful that can still win an Oscar one day
The Hollywood star – who appeared in ‘The Substance’ alongside Margaret Qualley – shared: “That would be nice. I can’t say I’d be mad at it. But the question of ‘Should I have won?’ is certainly not the perspective of how I hold it. Because, I didn’t [win]. I really do subscribe to this idea that everything in life is happening for me, not to me.
“That doesn’t mean there isn’t disappointment, pain, or that things go the way I would like. But when I look at it through that lens, it allows me to step back and say, ‘What is this trying to give me?'”
