{"id":6466,"date":"2026-07-15T06:58:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6466"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:58:47","slug":"anya-taylor-joy-goes-full-on-action-hero-in-lucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6466","title":{"rendered":"Anya Taylor-Joy Goes Full-On Action Hero in &#8216;Lucky&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Premiering with two episodes on July 15, this adaptation of Marissa Stapley\u2019s 2021 best-seller casts Taylor-Joy in a role that combines the physicality of her <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6978271\/furiosa-review\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\"><em>Furiosa<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>hero, the cerebral acuity of her character in <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5901699\/queens-gambit-review-netflix\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\"><em>The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/em><\/a>, and the mesmerizing strangeness that has been her signature since <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4226147\/review-the-witch-new-england-folktale\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\"><em>The Witch<\/em><\/a>. Taylor-Joy\u2019s Luciana \u201cLucky\u201d Armstrong is a con artist in a desperate situation. Both second-generation criminals who\u2019ve tried to go straight, she and her husband, Cary (Drew Starkey), have just pulled off a classic final heist\u2014you know, the kind that always goes wrong\u2014and are celebrating in Vegas with plans to make an early-morning escape into anonymity. But when Lucky awakens, disoriented, in her hotel room, Cary and the cash have vanished. She\u2019s left running from not just a tenacious FBI agent (<a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7202140\/nickel-boys-review\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor<\/a>\u2019s Billie Rand), but also Priscilla, a deceptively refined crime boss played with icy calm by <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5098855\/annette-bening-gloria-grahame\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Annette Bening<\/a>. The only person she trusts, her grifter dad, John (the <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7306915\/alien-earth-review-fx\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">recently<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/07\/02\/five-star-weekend-peacock-review\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">ubiquitous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7289477\/stick-review-apple\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Timothy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6292842\/full-circle-review\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">Olyphant<\/a>), is in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premiering with two episodes on July 15, this adaptation of Marissa Stapley\u2019s 2021 best-seller casts Taylor-Joy in a role that combines the physicality of her Furiosa hero, the cerebral acuity of her character in The Queen\u2019s Gambit, and the mesmerizing strangeness that has been her signature since The Witch. 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