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Sophie Thatcher in Control: The ‘Yellowjackets’ Star on Her ‘Companion’ Robot and How the Film’s Toxic Relationship Goes ‘Far Deeper Than I Ever Imagined’
Sophie Thatcher stars as both a girlfriend robot that gains self-realization in "Companion" and as Natalie in the third season of "Yellowjackets."
As fearless as Thatcher is in her performances, Iris presented a unique challenge, as her personality can literally shift depending on her settings — which amplifies once an app is revealed that can change nearly every aspect of her temperament, including intelligence, strength and even language. A singer and multi-instrumentalist, she released her debut EP, “Pivot & Scrape,” in October, and contributed vocals to the soundtrack of “Heretic” (a smokey cover of the Bob Dylan classic “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”) and “Companion” (the wordless, haunting “Iris’s Theme”). She watches films obsessively for inspiration (“It’s your job — I feel like it’s weird not to?”), has a dream team of directors she’d love to work with, from Sean Baker and Kelly Reichardt, and talks reverently about an earlier generation of auteurs like Robert Altman and Dennis Hopper.
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