'After the Hunt' trailer drops: Where offense takes center stage

Get ready! Julia Roberts is not America’s sweetheart in Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt. 

She plays a respected college professor whose perfect life begins to crumble when one of her students (played by the always fierce Ayo Edebiri) drops a bombshell of an accusation. The accused?

Another professor played by Andrew Garfield, who also happens to be hiding secrets that link back to his own past. The Tea is spilled!

Julia Robert is torn between authenticity and image

The trailer wastes no time dragging us into the mess.

Garfield’s character, Hank, goes full anti-Gen Z boomer mode, whining about how everyone is “scared of saying the wrong thing”. But Edebiri’s Maggie isn’t having it, clapping back with all the fire Gen Z is known for.

Their academic sparring quickly spirals when Maggie shows up at Roberts’ door with accusations that Hank assaulted her, while Hank insists, she is cheating in class. Drama unleashed.

After the Hunt

From whispered office politics to full-on breakdowns, the trailer teases secrets brewing under Roberts’ impeccable facade.

Maggie puts it all on blast, calling out the white institution’s tendency to centre itself even in the face of Black trauma.

Her line about a young Black woman being assaulted while “white people make it about themselves”? A major tea spilling moment!

After the Hunt: The truth unfolds

Directed by the master of slow-burn drama Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Bones and All), this psychological thriller is written by Nora Garrett and packed with A-listers like Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny.

It hits NYC and L.A. theatres on 10 October before going wide on 17 October, and yes, the drama looks worth every second.

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