Yahoo News Grey's Anatomy star lands next lead movie role in new horror
Grey’s Anatomy star Midori Francis has landed her next lead movie role, with the actor set to feature in a new horror film.
As per Deadline, the star, who played Dr Mika Yasuda in the medical drama, has joined the cast for Saccharine, the new project from writer-director Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A).
As per the logline, Saccharine will see Francis play Hana, a “lovelorn medical student who becomes terrorised by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight-loss craze: eating human ashes.”
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Francis will be joined in the cast by Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$, The Tourist) and Madeleine Madden (The Wheel of Time), with the pair playing Hana’s best friend and a fitness instructor respectively.
“There is so much toxic messaging around weight and appearance that permeates every corner of our culture,” said James of the project. “Saccharine is an intimate look into one woman’s struggle with body image, self-worth, and shame-driven compulsion, told through a supernatural body-horror with a queer lens and an edge of the absurd.”
“Saccharine explodes off the page with Natalie’s bold vision,” producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw added. “To team with her again is such a sweet pleasure for us. We can’t wait to see Midori, Danielle and Madeleine bring these incredible women to life.”
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Saccharine will jointly be produced by Carver Films and Thrum Films, with XYZ Films handling worldwide distribution. The film is currently without a release date, though filming is said to have begun in Melbourne, Australia.
The development comes after Francis left her role on Grey’s Anatomy earlier this year, with the actor appearing in three seasons – the 19th to the 21st – in total. The decision was said to be "amicable", with Francis wishing to explore "other opportunities".
Saccharine has no release date. Grey's Anatomy season 21 airs on Thursdays at 10pm ET on ABC in the US. Previous seasons are streaming on Disney+ in the UK.
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