{"id":2274767,"date":"2026-02-09T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2274767"},"modified":"2026-02-09T21:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:29:19","slug":"anna-baryshnikov-on-idiotka-working-with-julia-fox-what-she-learned-from-kristen-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anna-baryshnikov-on-idiotka-working-with-julia-fox-what-she-learned-from-kristen-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Baryshnikov On \u2018Idiotka,\u2019 Working With Julia Fox & What She Learned From Kristen Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anna Baryshnikov<\/a> is a decaf-coffee drinker now; that\u2019s what a double-cold-brew-induced trip to the emergency room will do to you. \u201cThe doctor, who was incredibly sweet and felt like a character on The Pitt,<\/em> was like, \u2018Hey, so you just have anxiety,\u2019\u201d Baryshnikov tells NYLON over lunch. \u201cI was like, \u2018Got it, got it. No heart attack. Good news.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

When we meet at Frankies Spuntino in Carroll Gardens for soup and sandwiches, the actor is outfitted in a vintage black Valentino sweater that was gifted to her by a friend. Two days from now, she\u2019ll wear another vintage find from the Italian fashion house, this time to the premiere of her new film, Idiotka<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s, like, the most amazing thing I\u2019ve ever put on my body,\u201d the 33-year-old says of the baby-pink skirt-and-top set. \u201cSomeone tried to pull it for the [Golden] Globes<\/a>, and we were like, \u2018We need it.\u2019\u201d Sure, anyone would feel that way about 1999 Valentino, but considering this is Baryshnikov\u2019s first leading film role, and she\u2019ll be posing on the carpet alongside co-star Julia Fox<\/a>, the stakes are particularly high. \u201cAnytime we have to do something, I\u2019m like, \u2018What is Julia going to wear?\u2019\u201d Baryshnikov says.<\/p>\n

Directed by Nastasya Popov, Idiotka <\/em>follows Margarita, a classic eldest-daughter type who joins a fashion reality-competition show (think: Project Runway<\/em> if it was even more DIY) in a last-ditch effort to relieve her dysfunctional Russian family members of their financial struggles and pull them from the brink of eviction. Fox, Camila Mendes<\/a>, Benito Skinner<\/a>, Owen Thiele<\/a>, Saweetie<\/a>, and the rest of the ensemble provide the campy lightheartedness, but it\u2019s Baryshnikov\u2019s complicated, endearing, and sometimes devastating emotional center that really sells the film. \u201c[Margarita is] so dynamic,\u201d she says of her character. \u201cShe\u2019s so guarded but so desperate to learn how to share herself through this show. She\u2019s sarcastic but also very earnest about her work and her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

As is the unfortunate reality for most indies, the road to the premiere was never promised. In order to get this movie made, Baryshnikov and Popov shot a teaser to secure funding, Mendes (who serves as a producer on the film) called up Skinner, Popov tapped Thiele, and Popov and producer Tess Cohen lured in Fox by attending her book signing and handing her a script in person. \u201c[They were like,] \u2018We\u2019re desperate to have you in this movie. Please read it,\u2019\u201d Baryshnikov recounts. By 2023, they were ready to begin production, but not before receiving an an interim agreement to film during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Yet despite all the hard work, Baryshnikov still counts the experience among \u201cone of the happier months of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the transition from supporting to lead can be daunting, Baryshnikov saw it as an opportunity to learn more about the filmmaking process from her fellow crew members, a trait she may have picked up from observing Kristen Stewart<\/a> on Love Lies Bleeding<\/a><\/em>. \u201cKristen is so aware of the entire set,\u201d Baryshnikov says. \u201cShe ran and looked at the monitor. She was aware of what the DP was doing. She was very integrated in the process, versus I think sometimes actors show up and are like, \u2018I\u2019m just going to stay in character and do my thing.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

If this is the first time you\u2019re seeing a Baryshnikov project (doubtful), it certainly won\u2019t be the last. She\u2019s slated to appear in Kristoffer Borgli\u2019s upcoming A24 film, The Drama<\/em>, the trailer for which just so happened to drop the day of our meeting. She bites her tongue when asked about the role so as not to spoil the movie, though she does let it slip that she has a scene with the \u201clovely\u201d Robert Pattinson<\/a>. In June, she\u2019ll make her return to the Apple TV screen in a new <\/em>miniseries adaptation of Cape Fear<\/em>. Initially, she was panicked when she got the audition (\u201c[It was] intimidating because I love both of those movies,\u201d she says), but the \u201cmasterclass\u201d she got from her co-stars made it all worth it. \u201cThat set was so kind,\u201d she says. \u201cYou always hear horror stories of what people are like at work, and here I was with Patrick Wilson and Amy Adams<\/a> and Javier Bardem, and all of them were unbelievably respectful and easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

As our lunch comes to an end, Baryshnikov throws a faux-fur jacket over her Valentino sweater, straps on a Knicks hat (she\u2019s newly a fan, despite growing up in Rockland County), and secures it tightly with a black headscarf \u2014 a sartorial touch Margarita would be very proud of.<\/p>\n

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Photographer: Emma Beiles Howie<\/em><\/p>\n

Stylist: Yael Quint<\/em><\/p>\n

Wearing: Valentino FW1999, Look 156, by Valentino Garavani (sourced by My Sisters Vintage)<\/em><\/p>\n

Hair: Blake Erik<\/em><\/p>\n

Makeup: Lisa Aharon<\/em><\/p>\n

Hotel: 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge<\/em><\/p>\n