Director Kacper Larski has landed his first commercial representation in the U.S., joining bicoastal production company Supply & Demand. He continues to be handled in Canada by Asymetric.
Larski won the Cannes Young Director Award in 2016 for his work with Land Rover. More recently, he won a Silver Lion at Cannes as well as both Silver and Gold at the 2018 Advertising & Design Club of Canada Awards.
Larski’s work in the commercial industry has taken him all around the world for clients including RAM, Jeep, Garmin, Budweiser, Volkswagen, Richard Mille, Mazda, and the Canadian Paralympic Team.
Matt Zion-Basile, creative development executive at Supply & Demand, said, “Kacper is a tremendous talent and force to be reckoned with. The first time I saw his reel I was transported to another world. That visceral feeling really says so much about who Kacper is as a director. Beauty meets scale. And after meeting him, I was even more impressed with what a down to earth and rad human he is. I’m looking forward to collaborating on future projects and building his presence here in the U.S.”
Larski said he was drawn to Supply & Demand by a word in its moniker, “demand,” noting that company founder/executive producer Tim Case and his team “demand the best” spanning groundbreaking and award-winning work. “It’s that energy,” affirmed Larski, “that made it an easy decision to partner with them in the U.S.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More