Florence Pugh to star in Ari Aster's horror film

IANS  |  Los Angeles 

"Lady Macbeth" lead will star in Ari Aster-directed upcoming horror

The gave the news during the TCA presentation of her new mini-series "The Girl", being produced by The Ink Factory, which was behind "The Night Manager", and later confirmed it on

"What a role this will be... God I am pumped/nervous/can't believe this is happening," she said.

Being produced by producing, the film will be financed and distributed by the entertainment company

won a best Film Award (BIFA) in 2017 for "Lady Macbeth" and was also nominated for Rising Star Award in the same year.

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First Published: Wed, August 01 2018. 14:16 IST