Tatiana Maslany might be the most underrated actor of her generation, a title she earned after playing countless clones on AMC’s Orphan Black. Such a performance is, unfortunately, something that comes around once in a generation, too: Maslany may be great, but it’s not every day a director or studio actively encourages a true go-for-broke performance. That’s what makes her pivot into horror such an exciting prospect. In teaming up with director Osgood Perkins in The Monkey, Maslany tapped into the same primal energy that made her such a mercurial force on Orphan Black. Her appearance in the film, however memorable, was brief — but fans of this creative duo will be pleased to learn that Maslany is bringing even more to Perkins’ next “dark trip,” Keeper.
“It was incredibly freeing,” Maslany tells Inverse of collaborating with Perkins twice over. “I felt very like, ‘Ooh, all of the weird instincts and impulses I have are the stuff we’re making this film with.’”
