It’s a busy time on the professional front for Uma Thurman, who just wrapped filming her latest role in the movie Ballerina Overdrive.
As the initial post-production phase of the action thriller begins, the actress has been participating in the promotional campaign for Paul Schrader’s drama film Oh, Canada.
And on Wednesday, Thurman was spotted making a stop at NBC’s Studio 6A in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City for an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
He Pulp Fiction Student He showed off his slim, long figure in a dark brown three-piece suit consisting of flared pants and a matching vest that he wore without a shirt underneath.
To complete her overall look, she donned a pair of black and brown pumps as well as black and brown sunglasses, while her blonde locks looked long and straight past her shoulders with a center part.
Uma Thurman, 54, looked chic in a brown three-piece suit as she arrived for an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show at NBC’s Studio 6A in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
Thurman, 54, waved and smiled at fans who had gathered around the entrance to the NBC studios on 6A as soon as she stepped out of a van for the event.
Her appearance on the daytime talk show comes amid the ongoing New York Film Festival, which runs from September 27 to October 14 and which included a red carpet and a Q&A session for Oh, Canada. days before.
Both Shrader and another of her co-stars, Michael Imperioli, best known for The Sopranos, joined Thurman on stage to interact with fans and journalists during that portion of the New York premiere.
During the event, the Boston, Massachusetts native confessed that he was nervous about working alongside Schrader for the filming of Oh, Canada.
“I mean, Paul Schrader!” Thurman said with enthusiasm evident in his tone. “I’m a big fan of Paul Schrader. So being able to contribute, lend myself to his article and watch him work was a great opportunity.” A real, real privilege.
Those nerves were due to excitement at the possibility of working with the filmmaker, whose writing resume includes Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980) and The Last Temptation of Christ (1986), while his directorial resume features American Gigolo (1980), Cat People (1982), Light Sleeper (1992), Affliction (1997) and First Reformed (2017).
The longtime leading lady ended up being able to overcome her nervousness after learning that Schrader is a huge fan of Taylor Swift, better known within pop superstar circles as Swifties.
While telling stories, Thurman talked about the ‘macho filmmaker’ and his legendary films with someone who was giving her a ride to a meeting before the filming of Oh, Canada, when that driver told her that Schrader had been reported to be a Swiftie.
The actress greeted her fans with a wave and a smile as soon as she stepped out of the van.
Along with her three-piece suit, the longtime leading lady also wore brown and black heels, cool sunglasses, and her blonde locks styled long and straight.
Thurman, who would also wave as she exits NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, has two new films now in some phase of post-production: Ballerina Overdrive and The Old Guard 2.
‘I was like, “What?” And then I read Paul’s quote or tweet about Taylor’s defense and I was like, “Oh, I’m good.”
Over the years, Schrader has shared a number of social media posts praising Swift, 34, and even talked about her in interviews, including last month when she admitted Variety about being “in awe” of the pop superstar and the empire he has built.
Thurman went on to reveal how the acclaimed filmmaker had a great working relationship with her and the rest of the cast and crew, and that it was inspiring to watch him work his magic.
For Schrader’s latest production, he delves into the life of a tormented writer, played by Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi, as the older and younger versions of Leonard Fife, on the brink of death, who turns out to be a Canadian-American leftist on the run. . to Canada to avoid conscription for the Vietnam War.
Co-star Michael Imperioli and writer-director Paul Schrader joined Thurman onstage for the Q&A of the New York premiere of Oh, Canada during the New York Film Festival.
In Oh, Canada, Thurman stars alongside 75-year-old Richard Gere as a documentary filmmaker who sits down for a final interview with one of his former students (Imperioli), where he discusses the “unvarnished facts of his life, reflecting on their relationships.” , Regrets and Mortality’ and the Vietnam War
In the story, Gere, 75, sits down for a final interview with one of his former students (Imperioli), where he recalls the “unadorned facts of his life, reflecting on his relationships, regrets and mortality” and the War of Vietnam. .
In addition to Thurman, Gere, Elordi and Imperioli, the cast also includes Victoria Hill, Penelope Mitchell, Kristine Froseth and Zach Shaffer, among others.
The film, which had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 17 in Cannes, France, does not yet have an official release date.
In addition to her role in Ballerina Overdrive, Thurman also stars in the superhero film The Old Guard 2 alongside Charlize Theron, which is still awaiting its release date.