Sam Raimi told Total Film that Rachel McAdams was “underutilized” in his 2022 MCU sequel “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” and after that movie, he “promised” himself he would work with her again. This pledge led to Raimi casting McAdams in his latest comedy thriller, “Send Help.”
“First, she was the perfect person because she’s such a brilliant actress,” Raimi said. “I had a chance to work with her on my last film and saw how talented she was and actually underutilized, and I promised myself that I would work with her again. And then this film came up, and her warmth is wonderful.”
He added, “The fact that she has not really played a dark, terrible villain before, [producer Zainab Azizi] is the one that told me this, really sets the audience up to be surprised.”
“Send Help” follows an underutilized and undervalued employee (McAdams) and her younger,…
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