‘Pretty Lethal’ Cast and Director on Why Ballerinas Make Believable Action Heroes: ‘Their Bodies Are Their Weapons’

By Kennedy French

Kennedy French

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Vicky Jewson’s action thriller “Pretty Lethal” opens with five elite ballerinas who can’t stand each other. By the end, they’re covered in blood and finally dancing in sync. Getting there, however, required numb feet and about a month of boot camp in Budapest.

The survival action-thriller, which premiered at SXSW and is now streaming on Prime, follows Bones (Maddie Ziegler), Princess (Lana Condor), Grace (Avantika Vandanapu), Chloe (Millicent Simmonds) and Zoe (Iris Apatow), five elite but deeply dysfunctional dancers stranded at a roadside inn run by Devora Kasimer (Uma Thurman). When things turn deadly, the women discover that years of grueling ballet training have equipped them with something most people overlook — a lethal physical skill set.

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