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film, in which an LAPD officer (Ryan Gosling) finds
a long-lost secret that threatens to plunge what’s
left of society into even more calamity and chaos.”
Blade Runner 2049 is now in theaters and mul-
tiple media outlets are praising Wright for her
multifaceted role.
“In Blade Runner 2049, Robin Wright plays a
hard-nosed LAPD lieutenant––the latest memo-
rable performance from an actress who’s been
everyone from a princess, to a president,” ac-
cording to KING 5, a broadcast media company
and NBC affiliate based in Seattle.
In an interview with Kim Holcomb of KING 5,
Wright shares some of her thoughts on the new film.
“… It’s multi-layered. It’s thought provoking. But
really, the sensitivity and vulnerability to it that
Denis Villeneuve brings to it as a director, is that
delicate balance between humanity and technol-
ogy. How you want to hold on to connection and maintain
love, as we know it today?”
In addition to her busy career, Wright is also well known
for her philanthropic efforts. She has worked with The Gor-
die Foundation in Texas, which provides young people with
the skills needed to navigate away from drug and alcohol
addiction. She is also an activist for human rights in the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to a recent article in WWD, Wright is the co-
founder of Pour Les Femmes, a line of pajamas she creates
with a friend whose proceeds benefit women in the Congo.
“I started a sleepwear line because I wasn’t making enough
noise, by going to D.C. and going ‘we need to pass this
legislation,’” Wright told WWD recently. “Ten years I’ve
been on this bandwagon trying to help these women who
are brutally raped every day. I said, ‘I’m going to make
something that I love doing.’ Something that represents
comfort and security: pajamas. It’s soft and it’s yummy and
it’s our basic right to get into bed and feel safe every night.
And they don’t have that basic right. So I wanted to bring
the consumer in because women love purchasing some-
thing knowing they’re helping another woman.”
In addition to international women’s issues, Wright has
been vocal about issues here in the states, including the
gender pay gap between women and men.
Robin Wright
plays General
Antiope, the
protagonist’s
aunt, in the
live action
film, Wonder
Woman.
With a full plate of acting gigs and social justice issues,
recently E! News asked if she’d be up for a reprise of her
role in The Princess Bride.
“As the Blade Runner 2049 actress candidly dished to E!
News, the team behind The Princess Bride contemplated a
sequel to the 1987 fantasy film at one point. ‘I think they
entertained the idea for a minute,’ she recalled. However,
it doesn’t sound like Wright or her colleagues were fond of
the idea. ‘We thought, ‘Don’t ruin it. Please don’t ruin it.”’
It looks like Wright will continue to look forward and move
along successfully in her career for years to come.
In the Netflix hit series House of Cards, Wright went from starring
alongside Kevin Spacey to stepping into the role of executive
producer and taking multiple seats in the director’s chair.
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