Before director Benjamin Caron’s (Andor) neo-noir thriller, A24’s Sharper, premiered on Apple TV+, Collider’s Steve Weintraub spoke with members of the ensemble cast about the movie. Alongside stars Julianne Moore and John Lithgow, Sharper features Captain America’s Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith, and Brianna Middleton as pawns in this ever-evolving game of wits and deception.

Taking its audience to the penthouses of Manhattan, Sharper weaves a web of intricate lies revolving around billionaire Richard Hobbes’ (Lithgow) wealth. It begins with a love story between the bookish Tom (Smith) and graduate student, Sandra (Middleton), who encounter one another serendipitously at the bookstore Tom works at. The movie takes a sharp turn when Max (Stan), the con artist son of Hobbes’ girlfriend Madeline (Moore), breaks into his high rise. Tensions simmer when a scam begins to unfold between the mother-son duo, right around the time Hobbes is looking for someone to inherit his empire, someone other than his estranged son Tom who Richard believes to be incapable of taking over the family’s business.

Sharper’s twisting narrative keeps viewers guessing through its four acts, as more lies and deceit unravel between them all. During their interview, Stan, Smith, and Middleton talk about how the script for Sharper kept them guessing until the last page, what the filming schedule was like for a movie with so many plot twists, and encourage viewers to go in completely blind. Middleton discusses playing a character with many different facets, Stan shares the nuanced direction from Caron, they all suggest previous work for fans to check out, and Stan teases Bucky Barnes’ arc in Marvel Studios’ upcoming feature, Thunderbolts.

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