Maggie Gyllenhaal’s accessory made from braided hair belongs in a horror movie

Maggie Gyllenhaal added an uncommon twist to her look at 2025 CinemaCon to advertise her upcoming horror movie, The Bride, on Tuesday.

The 47-year-old – who serves as producer and director – appeared sharp in a dark-colored go well with and white shirt, nevertheless it was her accent that took heart stage.

Maggie added a tie that gave the impression to be fabricated from darkish braided hair in the same hue to her personal, which was styled in tender waves.

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The quirky tie hung loosely round her neck and fell to beneath her waist with an ombre impact going from very darkish brown to a lighter shade of brown.

Maggie let the braided tie be the main focus of her look, conserving her different equipment to a minimal and choosing shiny darkish crimson lips and a pure flush to her cheeks.

The actress stepped out for the Warner Bros. Footage presentation, held at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, to share a primary have a look at her sophomore directorial effort.

Maggie has put a punk rock spin on the 1935 Oscar-nominated film The Bride of Frankenstein, primarily based on Mary Shelley’s ebook.

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The Bride

The official synopsis reads: “A lonely Frankenstein travels to Thirties Chicago to hunt assistance from a Dr. Euphronius in making a companion for himself. 

“The 2 reinvigorate a murdered younger lady and the Bride is born. She is past what both of them supposed, igniting a flamable romance, the eye of the police and a wild and radical social motion.”

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Maggie was impressed to make the movie after she encountered a person at a celebration with a tattoo of the bride of Frankenstein on his arm. 

“It hooked me, and I went house and watched the film,” she mentioned on the occasion. “The bride is within the film for about three minutes, and he or she does not converse which couldn’t be extra completely different than our bride.”

Maggie admitted that their bride does not match right into a field and can be eager about monsters. “All of us have just a little side of one thing monstrous in us, which is why we love monster motion pictures, in all probability,” she defined.

“You possibly can run from it your complete life, or you’ll be able to shake arms with it,” Maggie added.

Talking about capturing the movie for IMAX, Maggie mentioned: “This can be a cinematic film. Frankenstein is a lover of films in our film. 

“His closest relationship earlier than The Bride is with a film star. I needed to make this punk monstrous love story in a basic cinematic approach that basically revered these characters.”

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Household affair

The Bride stars Christian Bale and Jessie Buckley as Frankenstein’s monster and the Bride of Frankenstein, respectively.

It additionally stars Penelope Cruz, Annette Bening, John Magaro, Julianne Hough, Maggie’s youthful brother, Jake Gyllenhaal, and her husband Peter Sarsgaard.

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The primary-look footage, which hasn’t been made accessible to the general public, opens with Jessie’s character falling down a flight of stairs and breaking her bones earlier than waking up on an working desk, in line with Selection.

“It wasn’t any accident,” a voice within the trailer says. “They did it on function.” She will get patched up however solely to operate as a companion for Frankenstein’s monster.

Flashes of their relationship reveal loads of violence and debauchery earlier than a tagline throughout the display learn: “Right here Comes the Mom [Expletive] Bride.”