In "Death of a Unicorn," Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega portray a father-daughter duo whose wilderness trip turns dark after they hit a unicorn. As Rudd's character, Elliot, struggles with the reality of the mythical creature's fate, the film evolves from dark comedy into a gory spectacle featuring vengeful unicorns. Directed by Alex Scharfman, the movie plays with traditional notions of unicorns, contrasting their familiar, friendly pop culture image with ancient lore depicting them as fierce and vengeful. The film premiered in theaters on March 28, 2023.
"Just to put it out of its misery," Rudd told Morning Edition's Leila Fadel. "It's thoughtful, but gruesome." Thoughtful, but gruesome is an apt descriptor for the film as well.
Scharfman: "I really had no interest in unicorns at the outset, but it sort of led me down a rabbit hole of exploration of unicorn mythology and unicorn lore."
Fadel: "And also, I had no idea that the lore around unicorns was that they are these vengeful creatures, because my experience with unicorns is, like, My Little Pony unicorns."
Rudd: "Oh, this guy. Oh, God. It's all unicorns with this guy, honestly."
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