THE BEARDED GIRL Interview – Anwen O’Driscoll & Jody Wilson

Darryl Ley 5 months ago 2 min read

We interviewed The Bearded Girl star Anwen O’Driscoll and director Jody Wilson.

On the brink of inheriting the position of The Bearded Woman; matriarchal leader to an outcast community of circus performers, a young woman defies her overbearing mother and runs away instead. Free from the expectations and responsibilities at home, she seeks romance and adventure with the normies in a tiny farm town. In order to fit in, she reinvents herself with stories of a fabricated past, until the truth of who she is can no longer be concealed.

Check out the trailer below.

Last week we sat down with O’Driscoll and Wilson to talk about the release of the film. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into the The Bearded Girl. What I saw though was an interesting fantasy tinged coming of age story. The film eschews the details to keep you locked in on a girl. A girl who is just trying to find herself over the noise of legacy and responsibility.

HNN wanted to learn about the seed of this project. How it may not may not be marked with a Canadian identity. We also heard Wilson’s thought on making her directorial debut. There was also some time in the interview to talk to O’Driscoll about her own career including Emerald Code, Burden of Truth and Bet.