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Temple, 2013’s winner of the BAFTA Rising Star Award, the only award to be
voted for by the public - Temple has established herself as one of the most
versatile and talented young actresses in the past years.
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Recognized as a true star in the making, Temple fearlessly takes on the role of
McKenna, a club stripper, sex worker turned nanny in “Afternoon Delight” with
co-stars Kathryn Hahn, Josh Radnor and Jane Lynch.
In the movie, a stay-at-home mom named Rachel (Hahn) took interest in McKenna
after a lap dance meeting in a club where McKenna works. Rachel, thinking
that her life had gone on a plateau one day tried to experiment with her
husband Jeff (Radnor) by visiting a strip club to spice up their
marriage. She eventually meets McKenna who gave her a lap dance.
When Rachel wakes up the next morning, she finds herself restless and nothing
is ever the same in her routine. She started to follow McKenna and tried
to get to know her better.
McKenna, looking young and fragile, prompted Rachel to lead McKenna out of her
current employment as a stripper and sex worker. When the
opportunity presented itself, Rachel took advantage to take McKenna home after
being evicted from where she was staying. Much to her husband’s
hesitation to take McKenna in, Rachel arranged to make McKenna their temporary
live-in nanny. Rachel’s obsession in helping McKenna would soon unravel
truths about herself that will spill over changes not just to her but to their
marriage as well.
Directed by Jill Soloway, “Afternoon Delight” has also won the directing award
at this year’s Sundance Festival. “Beyond the comedic and cinematic
concepts that were on my mind, I made a few feminist choices while writing.
Often, when the Madonna/Whore trope turns up in popular entertainment, the bad
girl gets thrown under the bus or otherwise metaphorically murdered so that the
movie can fulfill a typical Hero’s Journey plot. I am deeply interested
in another possibility, a less-told Heroine’s Journey that unravels in the
shape of contiguous spirals. These interconnected circles form an emotional
roller coaster for the audience as we allow dual protagonists to repeatedly
switch places; both women veer through right and wrong multiple times,” shares
Soloway.
Temple’s breakthrough arrived when she won the role of Cate Blanchett’s
daughter in the Academy Award-nominated film “Notes on A Scandal.” Temple
played Polly, the rebellious daughter of Blanchett’s character Sheba. She was
most recently seen opposite Matthew McConaughey and Emile Hirsch in “Killer
Joe,” based on the play by Tracy Letts and directed by William Friedkin. She
was also recently seen in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” opposite
Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, and Anne Hathaway.
Temple’s other films include “Lovelace” opposite Amanda Seyfried and Peter
Sarsgaard, she recently wrapped production on Disney’s live-action fairy
tale “Maleficient,” starring Angelina Jolie. She will also be seen next in
”Horns” opposite Daniel Radcliffe. Additional credits include “The Brass
Teapot,” “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “The Three Musketeers,” “Mr. Nobody,” “The
Year One,” “1939 St. Trinian’s,” “Wild Child” and “Pandaemonium.”
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