Zachary Wigon’s Victorian Psycho has found its leading lady.
Maika Monroe (Longlegs) has been cast as a killer governess in the film, joining Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho). Monroe steps into the role, which The Substance’s Margaret Qualley previously circled.
This project is an adaptation of the best-selling book by Virginia Feito, who also pens the script. Dan Kagan will produce the feature, and Nick Shumaker, Bard Dorros, and Virginia Feito will executive produce.
Set in 1858, the story centers on a governess named Winifred Notty, hiding her psychopathic tendencies while arriving to work at a remote gothic manor. But as the woman takes care of her charges, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder, too late, mind you, if their new governess is serving up a spoonful of sugar with a little arsenic on the side.
“Maika’s intense screen presence has resonated with me over and over again throughout her history of complex performances,” said Wigon in a statement. “I’m absolutely thrilled for her to bring her unique style of psychological portraiture to the fascinatingly bizarre Winifred Notty.”
Stay tuned for more information on Victorian Psycho.
