The leaves and the temperature are falling, but a little piece ofCharli XCX’s “Brat Summer” will forever be captured on film. The British pop star shot a film in Poland in August.Variety reportsthatErupcjawas directed byJethica’sPete Ohs.
Erupcja(Polish for “eruption”) will focus on the volcanic relationship between two women in Warsaw; Bethany, played by XCX, is a visitor to the country, while the other (Lena Góra,The Easterngate) is a native. In the Variety article, Ohs explains that the title is both literal and metaphorical; it was inspired by a conversation he had with a man who was trapped in Warsaw for a month in 2010 when the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted, disrupting air travel across Europe. The film also starsWill Madden(Mean Spirited) and playwright/actorJeremy O. Harris(Zola). It will be the second collaboration between Ohs and Harris; Ohs edited the documentarySlave Play. Not a Movie. A Play., which Harris directed about his own controversial stage production,Slave Play.
What Other Acting Has Charli XCX Done?
BornCharlotte Emma Aitchison, British pop star Charli XCX had the biggest success of her career with her sixth studio album, 2024’sBrat, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard charts. She made her acting debut lending her voice to an episode of the FXX animated seriesMajor Lazer. She also voiced characters in the animated filmsThe Angry Birds MovieandUglyDolls, and guested on HBO Max’s revival ofGossip Girlas herself. She was also the subject of the 2021 documentaryCharli XCX: Alone Together, which documented the creation of her albumHow I’m Feeling Nowat the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. She has a number of acting projects lined up, as the success ofBratbrought her to greater heights of international fame. They includeFaces of Death, a reimagining of thehorror “shockumentary” seriesof the same name, fromHow to Blow Up a Pipeline’sDaniel Goldhaber; theGregg Arakierotic thrillerI Want Your Sex, alongsideOlivia WildeandCooper Hoffman; and the graphic novel adaptation100 Nights of Hero. She is also set to act in and produce music for the upcoming Amazon Prime Video seriesOvercompensating.
Erupcjawas shot in a semi-improvised style, as Ohs explained to Variety: “We go to a location for two weeks. I’m basically the whole crew. We shoot in order, and we write the scenes as we go. We’ll write the dialogue the day before or the morning of, and we live the story. It is kind of crazy. It is a challenge, but it makes it really fun, and it makes it not feel like a job. It makes it feel like this is pure creativity.”
Erupcjais now in post-production;no release date has yet been revealed. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
