NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The Bear and Abbott Elementary actress Ayo Edebiri says she tried to keep an open mind when getting into the head and heart of her After the Hunt character.
Now streaming on Prime Video, the contemporary drama is set in the pretentious, competitive world of New England academia. It was directed by Luca Guadagnino, written by Nora Garrett and co-stars Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloe Sevigny and Lio Mehiel.
Edebiri plays Maggie, a wealthy PhD candidate suspected of plagiarizing a paper, who accuses her popular, alcoholic professor Hank (Garfield) of sexually assaulting her and is disappointed when her hypocritical mentor Alma (Roberts) isn't as supportive as she expects her to be.
"Maggie, for me, was also very foreign," Edebiri, 30, said during a recent virtual press conference.
"I realized, kind of because of speaking with Luca, that I had a lot more judgments than I realized. And there was something that was really intriguing to me about trying to find this person and meet this person without judgment and with honesty for myself."
