In BeauIsAfraid, Parker Posey cuts through director Ari Aster’s surrealist haze with her signature blend of kookiness and confidence. Here, the star opens up about taking on the role opposite Joaquin Phoenix, and her latest passion project.
It’s a cool, sunny afternoon in Greenwich Village, and Parker Posey is cozying up in a leather banquette in the back of The Marlton Hotel’s dining room, scooping an assortment of natural remedies out of her crescent-shaped bag. “We have to make believe we’re not going to get sick,” the actress says with a sigh, lining the botanicals up alongside the table’s salt and pepper shakers. “I’m just run down.
It’s no surprise: Posey is fresh off of an extended off-Broadway run of Thomas Bradshaw’s adaptation of. In this version of Chekhov’s early modernist classic, she plays the lovingly narcissistic Irene, the magnetic center of an endearing, often laugh-out-loud production.
After several years of taking on mostly television roles, the return to film and live performance has been exhilarating: “It’s like turning on your own jacuzzi jets!” Posey exclaims, as the waitress approaches. Posey orders an herbal iced tea and a side of brussels sprouts before pulling a bright coral lipstick out of her bag and adds it to the line of get-well potions.Posey describes her journey as an actress as “a nomadicpath.
But when it came to filming, Posey admits she was terrified. “When I arrived on set, I was shaking and had sweaty palms,” she admits. “I can only describe it as jumping in the water of Joaquin and Ari. I knew I was in good hands, even if it was a little scandalous and dangerous.” On screen, her character is kooky, confident, and unapologetic in her needs and desires — everything Beau is not.
There’s a vulnerability and contagious, almost conspiratorial energy to Posey. She’ll take you on the journey with her, with a self-aware humor that comes through in her performances. Her character studies, often quirky, at times silly, and almost always deeply funny, have defined a cult type. Now, decades after Posey was crowned “The Queen of Indies,” the actress is looking for roles that hold depth and dialogue-driven storytelling in an era dominated by big-budget franchises.
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