![]() It’s something pop-culture aficionados have seen plenty of times before, but Caron was willing to bet would remain thrilling. Relationships, life stories, and entire identities are obscured or even invented entirely for the sake of a game, and the film’s characters-even those we’ve come to, of course, trust-are never quite what they seem. Throughout Sharper, nothing is quite what it seems. Sebastian Stan, Briana Middleton, Julianne Moore, Benjamin Caron, and Justice Smith at the London premiere of Sharper in February 2023. I love the simplicity of confidence games, and the idea that if you are convincing enough you can get anyone to believe your story.” I’m constantly trying to keep your attention in one place while doing something elsewhere you forget the kind of film you’re watching and don’t have time to guess what will happen next. ![]() There’s something about the art of misdirection, which is happening in this film in so many ways. “I used to work as a waiter, and I’d do close-up magic just to get extra tips. “Close up magic is one of my favorites,” Caron explains. ![]() Scams are given the star treatment, and the ways in which their perpetrators deploy them are spelled out, often letting the audience know how they themselves were fooled in the process. “When I read this script, I thought it was smart and funny, and I loved how it dealt with trust and betrayal and had all of these twists and turns.”Īt its heart, Sharper seems to take great pleasure in the nuts and bolts of how the rich can be separated from their money. “I have a sort of mischievous personality, and there was something I found slightly appealing about the mischievous qualities of these characters,” says Caron, whose previous projects have included directing and producing The Crown. ![]() Sebastian Stan and Brianna Middleton in Sharper, a new film (streaming now on Apple TV+) that follows a group of con artists who prey on New York City’s one percent. ![]()
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