Ralph Fiennes Praises 'The Menu' Costar Anya Taylor-Joy: She 'Really Raises Your Game'

Mar. 15, 2025

InThe Menu, Fiennes plays a mysterious chef at a highly exclusive island restaurant who crafts a delectable lineup of dishes for his guests. As Taylor-Joy’s character soon comes to discover, the dining experience has some deadly twists in store. The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, John Leguizamo, Reed Birney and more.

Speaking at PEOPLE andEntertainment Weekly’s photo and video studio at the 2022Toronto International Film Festivalon Saturday alongside director Mark Mylod, Fiennes, 59, said he couldn’t pick a “best” out of the “wonderful, brilliant” cast of actors.

“Everyone was so amazingly in character,” he recalls. “And the little relationships that were going on at each table, it was fantastic. … I mean, I became a fan of every single actor in the film just watching them.”

Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy inThe Menu(2022).Searchlight Pictures

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“She’s a beautifully natural actress,” he says of Taylor-Joy, who’s busy filming theMad Max: Fury RoadprequelFuriosa. “There are just sometimes when you feel the truthfulness of the person you’re acting with and it really helps you. It really raises your game somehow. And she’s got that.

The Menuis in theaters Nov. 18.

source: people.com