You’ve journeyed with her to steal her little brother back fromDavid BowieinLabyrinth, watched her shoot up heroin withJared LetoinRequiem For a Dream, and, most recently, witnessed her andTom Cruiserekindle a romance inTop Gun: Maverick, but you’ve never seenJennifer Connellylike you will today. In an exclusive to Collider sneak peek for her upcoming film,Bad Behaviour, the Academy Award-winning actress goes absolutely berserk during a group therapy session.
The scene opens innocently enough, withDasha Nekrasova’s (Succession) Beverly, baring her soul in front of the rest of the group at her retreat. It looks like she’s having a real breakthrough as the young woman admits that maybe there is nothing for her to say, a moment of peaceful revelation that’s quickly broken when Connelly’s Lucy splashes a glass of water in her face before screaming at her to “shut the f*ck up,” and capping off her assault by smashing Beverly over the head with a chair - full on WWE style. The room breaks out into hysterics with some people screaming and others trying to pull Lucy away from Beverly. Finally, Dion (Beulah Koale,Hawaii Five-0) wraps the manic woman up and holds her tight while the chaos dies down.
Co-starring and helmed byAlice Englert(Beautiful Creatures) inher feature-length directorial debut,Bad Behaviourfollows the rocky relationship between Lucy (Connelly) and her daughter, Dylan (Englert). A former child star, Lucy’s stunted emotional growth during her early years deeply affects how she interacts with her child and all those around her. In search of peace, Lucy goes to a semi-silent retreat in the woods where she hopes to reconnect with herself and prove once and for all that she’s not a bad person or mother. As can be seen in our exclusive clip, it doesn’t appear as though her time away helps her personality at all and perhaps even makes things worse. Can Lucy reconnect with her daughter and build the relationship she’s always wanted? Or will herBad Behaviourhold her back from achieving a deeper connection?
Appearing alongside Connelly and Englert and filling out the rest of the call sheet forBad Behaviourare Nekrasova, Koala,Ben Whishaw(thePaddingtonfilm series),Marlon Williams(Sweet Tooth), andRobbie Magasiva(Wentworth). Englert, who holds acting credits in productions including TV’sDangerous LiaisonsandThe Serpent, also penned the script.
you may check out our exclusive sneak peek forBad Behaviourabove and catch it on digital or demand now.
