By Antonia Blyth. When Ani impulsively marries a rich but immature client Mark Eydelshteyn , his oligarch father and mother descend from Russia in a bid to annul the union.
For Madison, preparation and authenticity were key, so she set about not only learning Russian and dance, but cultivating a deep understanding of the world of sex workers. And just the way that she spoke about her sexuality and her life, her sense of humor, was something I just really connected with, and I was so intrigued by her as a person. I felt that Ani would be able to relate to her in some way. I liked how she spoke about things.
She was also a consultant on the film, and she was able to answer lots of questions, talk through certain scenes with me, and it added so much nuance and so many important layers to the film and character, little, tiny things that only a sex worker would know that we were able to put into the film. Watch on Deadline. MADISON: Andrea was talking about locker room chatter, things that you say to someone, what food she brings as her lunch to eat in the break room, little things like that.
Kennady [Schneider], my dance instructor, taught me how to blow dry my Pleasers [shoes] so that they fit my feetβall these little details that were so important. She told stories that really inspired me and, I think, informed some of the improvisation.
It was the most important thing I did. What did you learn from her? She was just very committed to throwing herself into those scenes with me. We were really just scrapping with each other.
