As we reach the end of a tumultuous decade, there are some things we can say with a degree of certainty: the Cubs won the World Series, Greta Thurnberg sailed the Atlantic, political chaos reigned, and Ben Mendelsohn was in just about everything. After breaking onto the international scene playing Pope–the eldest son of an Australian crime family–in David Michöd’s Animal Kingdom in 2010, the actor’s star has continued to rise. And in the time since he has been simply unavoidable; appearing in both the Star Wars and Marvel universes while working alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest filmmakers, more often than not playing larger than life antagonists.
The first project in some time to buck that trend was Shannon Murphy’s debut Babyteeth, an Australian production in which Mendelsohn plays Henry, the benevolent but flailing father of a precocious and terminally stricken teen girl. Playing first...
The first project in some time to buck that trend was Shannon Murphy’s debut Babyteeth, an Australian production in which Mendelsohn plays Henry, the benevolent but flailing father of a precocious and terminally stricken teen girl. Playing first...
- 12/16/2019
- by Rory O'Connor
- The Film Stage
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