Dreamlandwas one of the very first productionsMargot Robbieworked on under her LuckyChap Entertainment banner. Directed byMiles Joris-Peyrafitte, the story is set in Texas in the 1930s during the Dust Bowl where the Evans family struggles to keep their home. When Eugene Evans (Finn Cole) hears about the $10,000 bounty on bank robber Allison Wells (Robbie), he thinks it could be just what he needs to turn his family’s situation around. However, when he does wind up crossing paths with Allison, Eugene struggles to decide if he should even believe the reports from the authorities.
WithDreamlandnow available via PVOD, I got the chance to chat withDreamlandstarKerry Condonwho plays Eugene’s mother in the film. During our chat, Condon took the time to take us from her earliest collaborations withMartin McDonaghtoBetter Call SaulandDreamland. While discussing her experience on theDreamlandset, she offered up an example of Robbie going above and beyond as a producer:
“The thing that really shocked me was - and this is kind of weird to say that it shocked me - but when I wrapped and finished my last day, Margot wasn’t there but she wasn’t in the scene, so I didn’t think twice about it. She was, at the time, promoting I think it was [I, Tonya]. I think it might have been that. I hope it was that and I might be getting it [wrong]. But she was promoting a movie in LA on our days off. So I was like, ‘That’s so busy, shooting a lead role and in your days off, flying to LA to do promotion on that.’ She sent me an email the night I wrapped saying, ‘I’m so sorry I couldn’t be there,’ and all these compliments about my performance. And I just thought, ‘Oh my god.’ It was so classy because I thought, ‘Where did she get the time?’ Or even think to do that.”
If you’d like to hear more about Condon’s time working onDreamland, how she scored the role of F.R.I.D.A.Y. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what it was like working withDavid Fincherand loads more, you can catch the full interview at the top of this article.
