“Reacher” star Willa Fitzgerald is back on our screens in the new film “Strange Darling” and it was a role she really wanted to play.

In the critically acclaimed thriller, the star plays the lady who, when we first meet her, is being pursued through the wilderness by the Beast (Kyle Gallner). But all is not as it seems as the Beast closes in on its prey.

In conversation with Digital SpyFitzgerald revealed that she had never read a script like the one by JT Mollner – who also directed – and knew immediately that she wanted to take on this demanding role.

“I think I remember clearly that when I first read the script I almost felt sick because I knew how much I wanted to play the role,” she recalls.

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“Generally, when you feel really strongly attracted to something, you get jobs that you didn’t necessarily know were coming, right? And so I just had this strong desire to play this character and do this movie.

“It was just a joy that it came about.”

That instinct paid off, as Strange Darling earned a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes after its world premiere at Fantastic Fest last year and held that rating until recently.

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Anyone wanting to see the thriller in the UK will have to wait a little longer, as the film will not be released in cinemas until September 20th. However, it will have its European premiere this weekend, on Saturday, August 24th, at the London FrightFest.

While Fitzgerald is unlikely to appear in the third season of “Reacher,” she will next be seen in the upcoming “Grey’s Anatomy”-like Netflix series “Pulse.”

Strange Darling is now in US cinemas and will be released in UK cinemas on September 20th.

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