Parker Posey Talks with Michael Schulman
“Actress Parker Posey joins staff writer Michael Schulman to talk about her career as a sui-generis actress.”
From party girl to teacher’s pet, Parker Posey, named Time’s “Queen of the Indies” in 1997, has delighted audiences for three decades with her exasperated-quirky-girl zingers and her uncanny embodiment of indignance. Last year, in Mike White’s third season of “The White Lotus,” Posey sunk her teeth into the plummy
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accent and soul-subsuming wealth of a Southern princess turned ill-equipped matriarch. This fall, she appears in Martin McDonagh’s new movie, “Wild Horse Nine,” as the wife of a C.I.A. agent who’s been dispatched to Easter Island, played by Sam Rockwell. At the Festival, Posey joins the staff writer Michael Schulman to talk about her career as a sui-generis actress.
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