Hildur Guðnadóttir Confirms 'Bell Jar' Score, Eilish to Star — SkimNews
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- Hildur Guðnadóttir confirmed she is scoring "The Bell Jar," Sarah Polley's adaptation of Sylvia Plath's novel, and is "already deep into" the work, per the source.
- Billie Eilish will take her first starring film role in the project, which recently wrapped production.
- Guðnadóttir won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for her work on Todd Phillips' "Joker."
- Sarah Polley directs the adaptation, and the source flags the project as offering Guðnadóttir "a new kind of creative partnership" (the quote is truncated in the excerpt).
- The film marks a high-profile pivot for Eilish from music to a prestige literary adaptation as a lead actor.
Why it matters: The score pairs an Oscar-winning film composer with a pop star taking her first lead, with the source flagging an unusual creative partnership between Guðnadóttir and the production. For Eilish, the role launches her as a film lead under a director known for emotionally rigorous adaptations, while for Guðnadóttir it extends her prestige scoring run beyond "Joker" into a female-authored literary source.
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