Mikey Madison talked to a whole lot of people in order to craft her sex worker character in “Anora” — but that doesn’t mean she wanted to portray a “universal sex worker story.” In fact, the actress says it was important to her not to do that for Sean Baker’s acclaimed new film.
Following its premiere at Cannes earlier this year, where it won the Palme d’Or, “Anora” hit the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. It tells the story of Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, who falls into her own Cinderella story when she marries the son of an oligarch.