"So oddly, no, she was not," Max admitted when asked if Hunter was their first choice to play Solange. "We went out to a lot of people because I think Solange, thanks to [author] Susan Hill, is quite an iconic role. She's this sort of evil force that you kind of know but haven't seen before. The response we would get from some people would be like, 'You want my client to do what on camera? Are you kidding? You want them to fart on camera?'"
"And so, it was a little bit difficult at first, but then at the studio with A24, who I have to say are wonderful partners, very encouraging, always, they were doing Macbeth, Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth, and Zach Vargas-Sullivan was like, 'I wonder, have you guys thought of Kathryn Hunter for this role? Because we just worked with her, and we think she could be kind of incredible.' And we saw Macbeth, and then suddenly we saw Solange in her voice and her physicality."
"And then we sent her the script, and somehow she liked it. She flipped out over it. And then we met in person, and she wanted to do it. And it was another kind of kismet thing, where she was into discussing uncomfortable things. And I think, of course, the physical aspect of the role really attracted her, too, because she's a very physical performer. And we were just very lucky that she understood what we were doing."
"Kathryn unlocked something for all of us, and her willingness to just go there was so inspiring to all of us," he added.
