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Interview & Intro by david j. moore
Anyone paying attention to genre films that’ve been released since 2020 will surely have heard of or seen at least one of the movies Charlotte Kirk has starred in: The Reckoning (2020), The Lair (2022), and now Duchess, which is available on August 9th on digital and on demand from Saban. The common denominator other than Kirk herself as the star is that all of them were either written or co-written and directed by genre maestro Neil Marshall, whose films Dog Soldiers, The Descent, and Doomsday firmly established him as one of the best genre filmmakers alive. Their latest collaboration Duchess – which I consider to be “My Fair Lady with a gun” – casts Kirk as an ordinary girl who upgrades to an upscale criminal life when she embarks on a romance with a charming diamond trader, played by Philip Winchester. What Kirk’s character goes through to get revenge when her life takes a wrong turn is part of the movie’s many surprises, as audiences are with her every step of the way. It’s an action movie, to be sure, but it’s also a gangster picture, a globetrotting adventure, and a revenge odyssey, as filtered through filmmaker Marshall’s distinct and inimitable style.
Here, Kirk discusses her time making the film, and her working relationship with Marshall over the course of their work together, including their upcoming, yet-to-be-released erotic thriller Compulsion.
Vertigo Releasing have announced the release of action-thriller Duchess. Directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers & The Descent), Duchess will be in Select UK Cinemas & available on Digital Download from 12th August.
Official Synopsis: Duchess, a small-time crook, tries to enter the treacherous underworld of diamond trafficking and ends up left for dead when a deal goes wrong. Determined to seek retribution, she launches into an unwavering pursuit for vengeance.
Duchess stars Charlotte Kirk (The Lair), Philip Winchester (Strike Back), Colm Meaney (Layer Cake), Hoji Fortuna (That Dirty Black Bag), Colin Egglesfield (Something Borrowed), Stephanie Beachum (Dynasty) and Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers, Gotham).
About the author: david j. moore is the author of The Good, the Tough, and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars” and a contributing writer to Action-Flix.com
