The villains in Death of a Unicorn feel uncomfortably real, high-tech capitalists who think they’re going to change the world but are really ruining it. Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant play characters who may remind you of anyone from Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to Sam Altman and Elizabeth Holmes. Like people peddling cryptocurreny or artificial intelligence, they want to get rich off of something that doesn’t actually exist (at least in our real world) — a magical unicorn horn. When MovieWeb spoke with the cast of Death of a Unicorn, Grant elucidated this point further.
’Death of a Unicorn’ stars Will Poulter, Téa Leoni, and Richard E. Grant discuss playing corporate baddies in the new A24 movie. Read More