{"id":595775,"date":"2026-08-25T18:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/595775\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:42:13","slug":"literary-hub-everything-we-know-so-far-about-billie-eilishs-bell-jar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/595775\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Hub \u00bb Everything we know (so far) about Billie Eilish\u2019s Bell Jar."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this year, we got wind that Billie Eilish\u2014that reigning maestra of youthful melancholy\u2014will star in a new film adaptation<\/a> of Sylvia Plath\u2019s The Bell Jar<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Directed by the brilliant Sarah Polley, this project represents Eilish\u2019s first foray onto the big screen. Plathypuses (TM) are divided about her casting choice, but one thing is certain: we\u2019re gonna need to talk about this for a while.<\/p>\n

Photos have begun to leak off the film set, so some friendly speculation feels in order. Here\u2019s what we know (so far!) about the brand new Bell Jar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Billie<\/p>\n

Eilish is unrecognizable to fans.
Earlier this month, Vogue<\/a> reported on Eilish\u2019s character transformation. In set photos, the mage known for rocking an androgyne cut and neon hair was seen \u201cwearing a short-sleeved knit top in scarlet red; a full, A-line skirt in a jaunty check print; and, on the beauty front, a tidy side part and bold red lip.\u201d Mad Women, anyone?<\/p>\n

The mid-century glow-up comes care of Luis Sequeira, a costume designer known for his work on The Shape of Water.<\/p>\n

\"Mount<\/p>\n

An old Canadian orphanage is playing the hospital.
Polley, who is Canadian, has apparently pulled a classic move and tapped Toronto to play New York.<\/p>\n

Parts of Hamilton, including McMaster University and Ancaster\u2019s Tamahaac Club, will also make veiled appearances. The latter was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients in its heyday, which feels thematically right somehow.<\/p>\n

According to this morning\u2019s Hamilton Spectator<\/a>, the production is currently shooting key scenes at a Catholic girls\u2019 school and ex-orphanage. Mount Mary Immaculate will play the infamous Walton Hospital, where Esther Greenwood receives her first doomed rounds of ECT.<\/p>\n

This setting is also auspiciously eerie. Until recently, Mount Mary was maintained by a Ukrainian Catholic Congregation, and \u201conce contained an orphanage [italics mine], daycare centre and a high school for girls.\u201d The Diocese of Hamilton bought the site in 2019, but nuns continue to live on the premises. Alongside\u2014this reader presumes\u2014ghosts.<\/p>\n

The school, unlike Eilish, has also been in a movie before. A scene from 2017\u2019s It was filmed there.<\/p>\n

\"Billie<\/p>\n

Additional It-people are filling out the cast.
Carey Mulligan is set to play Mrs. Greenwood, Esther\u2019s mother. Which should really send a shiver of age paralysis down every Millennial reader\u2019s spine.<\/p>\n

And Deadline reported last week that Ella Beatty<\/a>\u2014of Netflix\u2019s forthcoming Lizzie Borden biopic<\/a>, and the parentage you\u2019d guess\u2014is in \u201cfinal talks\u201d to join the cast in some mysterious friend capacity. (Betsy?!)<\/p>\n

The other big rumor centers Connor Storrie, of Heated Rivalry. The recently shorn hockey king\/friend to Canada is also purported to be in the jar.<\/p>\n

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