VarietyThe story is a “modernized, beautiful” take on May-December romance , said the actor, being honored this week at the festival. One thing “Bingo” won’t feature is the dark center that “Harold and Maude,” the 1971 Hal Ashby comedy, featured, said Wright.The “Princess Bride” star, who will be screening the classic offbeat fairy tale for a new generation at Karlovy Vary, also said David Fincher was a source of inspiration for her when directing.
Wright also said her next film role as an actor, in “Here,” a Robert Zemeckis-directed film starring Tom Hanks and written by Eric Roth, brings together the dream team from 1994’s “Forrest Gump,” but on another level. She is now being asked to help develop the characters and roles in the project, Wright said, unlike the first time around when money was too scarce to allow the director and stars much time to even have lunch together.
Wright, who is speaking about her career onstage at the festival on Friday, will receive its President’s Award at the closing ceremony Saturday. Clarkson is serving as a member of the Crystal Globe jury at the event.