Anna Kendrick: "That's how I understood the monster."

Anna Kendrick: "This is how I understood the monster"

A comedy and musical actress directs a film about a serial killer because the territory felt "unfortunately familiar." Why do millions of people, mostly women, consume true crime stories as if their safety depended on it?

In this episode, we explore the surprising reason Anna Kendrick decided to direct a film about a serial killer and the connection this has with the fascination for true crime. Do we consume true crime to understand the monsters, or to map our own escape routes?

Case: Rodney Alcala
Film: Woman of the Hour
Director: Anna Kendrick
Period: The seventies
Concept: Information gathering mode

- Anna Kendrick prepared for approximately two years to develop an understanding of the central character in her film.
- The filming of the movie was completed in twenty-four days, with about six weeks of active preparation beforehand.
- Rodney Alcala participated in a television dating show while, according to court records, he had already committed several homicides.
- The opening scene of the film, which Kendrick strongly defended, establishes what it means to navigate the world as a woman.
- Kendrick described an "information gathering mode" that she activated in a traumatic relationship, where she stopped resisting to understand.

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