{"id":133149,"date":"2024-03-28T08:40:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T08:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=133149"},"modified":"2024-03-28T08:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T08:40:42","slug":"madame-web-director-s-j-clarkson-on-britneys-toxic-and-the-diner-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/on-demand\/madame-web-director-s-j-clarkson-on-britneys-toxic-and-the-diner-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Madame Web: Director S.J Clarkson on Britney’s Toxic and the diner scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writer\/director S.J. Clarkson (Jessica Jones<\/a>, Succession<\/strong><\/em>) turns the superhero origin story into an action thriller with\u00a0Madame Web<\/strong><\/em>. The film follows a 30-something clairvoyant mutant living in Boston, whose powers are realised when villain Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) sets his sights on murdering three teenage girls played by Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Celeste O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

Set in the Sony\u00a0Spider-Man<\/strong><\/em> Universe and starring Dakota Johnson as the eponymous hero, it is a film that places themes of motherhood and responsibility at the centre while also crafting a character who is struggling with a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n

When speaking with Clarkson in London back in early February, she tells us how that<\/em> diner scene (which features Britney Spears’ classic 2003 song, Toxic) really changed things for her when she first read the script and gave her an understanding of what the movie could be…<\/p>\n