John Lithgow & Geoffrey Rush Discuss The Rule of Jenny Pen and Making This Twisted Tale
10The Rule of Jenny Pen took audiences by surprise at Fantastic Fest 2024, where filmmaker and co-writer James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark) earned Best Director for his adaptation of Owen Marshall's frightening short story. Unsurprisingly, both legendary leads, Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow, took home Best Actor Awards on the festival circuit shortly before IFC and Shudder acquired the mystery horror.
In the movie, Rush plays Judge Stefan Mortensen, the newest addition to a New Zealand retirement home. A recent stroke has left the judge paralyzed, and his new surroundings leave him feeling out of sorts, bitter, and determined to get out of there as fast as possible. To make matters worse, Mortensen seems to be the only one contending with the seemingly docile Dave Crealy (Lithgow). The staff won't listen, and his fellow residents are too scared to stand up to the dementia doll-wielding Crealy and his sadistic games.
Before the movie's release, the longtime friends and co-stars spoke with Collider's Steve Weintraub about the experience of working with Ashcroft in New Zealand. Before digging into why this "extreme" script appealed to the two of them, they share their journeys from school plays to stageplays, from Shakespeare to Star Wars, and Lithgow opens up about taking on the iconic role of Albus Dumbledore in Max's upcoming Harry Potter series.
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