‘Herself’ Trailer: A Single Mom Tries To (Literally) Build A Better Life For Her Kids
By Ben Pearson/Dec. 12, 2020 11:00 am EST
Clare Dunne co-wrote and stars in the film, and if you know which character she played in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’re likely the biggest Marvel movie fan on the planet. Check out the trailer and refresh your MCU knowledge below.
Herself Trailer
After watching that trailer, do you have any last guesses about who Dunne, who co-wrote this movie with Malcolm Campbell (What Richard Did), played in the MCU? Here’s the answer: Victoria Snow.
Still not ringing any bells? In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Victoria is one of the disgruntled former Stark Industries employees who helps Quentin Beck pull off his elaborate ruses. (Beck raises a glass to her during the movie’s big reveal scene: “To Victoria: staging electromagnetic pulses at each attack sites so Fury’s own satellites would confirm our lies? Inspired idea.”) In any case, she has a much more significant role here, pulling double duty as the lead and the co-writer. (The story was inspired by a friend of hers who went through a similar situation.)
Phillida Lloyd, who helmed the first Mamma Mia! movie and the Meryl Streep-led Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady, is behind the camera as the director of Herself. Here is the film’s official synopsis: