Lewis Pullmanis following up his Emmy-nominated turn inLessons in Chemistrywith two very cool genre movies — the edgy “sunshine noir” ofSkincare, and the highly-anticipated film adaptation of Stephen King’sSalem’s Lot. In the former, he stars opposite Elizabeth Banks as Jordan, an aspiring influencer who may be in over his head as he tries to achieve his own brand of stardom in modern Los Angeles.InSalem’s Lot, he leads the film as writer Ben Mears, who returns to his hometown and discovers that it’s been infiltrated by a vampire. There’s been some controversy surrounding the project, as the studio decided topull its theatrical releaseand bring it straight to Max, even though King took to social media to sing its praises.
And Pullman confirmed to us that it’s indeed a successful end result. “I’m excited about it. I saw it, and it’s a blast,” he told MovieWeb. “It’s a killer movie. I think people are going to be really, you know, it really does justice to the book… Gary Dauberman gets to do some good Gary Dauberman things.”
What’s a Gary Dauberman thing? Well, he was the writer behind theAnnabellefilms andThe Nunmovies, not to mention a co-writer on another Stephen King adaptation, the hugely successfulIT. He also directed perhapsthe high point of theAnnabellefranchise,Annabelle Comes Home.
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Skincare features the renowned aesthetician Hope Goldman and the challenges she faces when her rival, Angel Vergara, opens a competing boutique just across the street. This rivalry sets off a chain of events where Hope, with the support of her friend Jordan, seeks to discover the person behind the sabotage of her business.
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Lewis Pullman can also be spotted in a highly anticipatedensemble comedy calledRiff Raff, which stars Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, Bill Murray, Ed Harris, Brian Cox, and more. Here’s how Pullman described them: “Good Lord, the most insane totem pole of just gods and goddesses,” Pullman told us. “I got to just soak that up like sponge. That was incredible.”
And we had to ask if icons like Coolidge and Murray are indeed as legendary and quirky in real life as the movies and TV shows make them out to be. “Yes, they are,” said Pullman, adding:
It all makes sense why they are who they are and where they are in their careers, because they are just, yeah, they’re anomalies. And, you know, Ed Harris, God, I can’t believe that happened to me. That was a hell of an experience.
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In the meantime, Pullman pulls off a showstopper of a performance withSkincare, which also features its own wildly talented ensemble. Jordan immediately grabs our attention once he swoops into Hope’s salon, asking if she can de-age him in this competitive Hollywood climate that surrounds them. And of course, as the juicy plot unfolds, there may be more to Jordan than what meets the eye. Says Pullman:
“I didn’t really see where Jordan was heading, which is a great sign that the script didn’t give you too many breadcrumbs, you know, didn’t make it too easy to track where things were heading, and exactly how many layers this guy had, you know? He’s sort of like a Russian doll of all sorts of different reveals, so that was really exciting, but also kind of difficult to strategize how to play that, you know? But that was the fun of it.”
From IFC Films,Skincareis now playing exclusively in theaters.Salem’s Lotis scheduled to be released on Max in October 2024.
