Interview: Elizabeth Banks Talks Losing Control in Stylish Thriller Skincare By ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke to Skincare star Elizabeth Banks about the upcoming thriller directed by Austin Peters. IFC Films will release the movie exclusively in theaters on August 16, 2024. “Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman (Elizabeth Banks) is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, but her personal and work lives are challenged when rival facialist Angel Vergara (Luis Gerardo Méndez) opens a new skincare boutique directly across from her store.
She starts to suspect that someone is trying to sabotage her reputation and business, and together with her friend Jordan ( ), she embarks on a mission to unravel the mystery of who is trying to destroy her life,” says the synopsis. : I read a great script with a beautiful letter from Austin about why I had to be Hope Goldman, and then I watched his documentary, which really moved me. It was about Diplo doing a concert.
I just thought, “Wow, this guy knows how to pull emotion out of a really surprising scenario.” I loved Hope. I agree.
She was super complex, really interesting, fighting for relevance as an aging woman in an industry that prizes beauty and youth and new above all else. I felt very connected to that as a middle-aged woman in Hollywood. Then I thought that the layers of sort of stress and pressure on her that build over the movie and the sense of desperation that she f.