Pearl (X)

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Pearl
X character
Pearl Screencap.jpg
Mia Goth as Pearl in Pearl
First appearance
  • X
  • 2022
Last appearance
Created by Ti West
Portrayed by Mia Goth
In-universe information
Occupation
  • Farmer
SpouseHoward (deceased)
Relatives
  • Unnamed father (deceased)
  • Ruth (mother, deceased)
  • Mitsy (sister-in-law, deceased)
  • Margaret (mother-in-law)
StatusDeceased

Pearl is a fictional character from the X film series, played by Mia Goth. Pearl first appears as the antagonist in X (2022) and returns as the villainous protagonist and title character in its prequel, Pearl (2022). In X, Goth was cast as both Pearl and the final girl, Maxine, which Goth admitted she was unaware of initially. Director Ti West explained that this was to display the similarities between the two characters. Goth commented that she felt "a lot of sympathy" for Pearl in X and noted she preferred to think of Pearl as neither a villain nor a victim.

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Believing the character would be the "stand-out" of X, Goth and West wrote a prequel to the film, set during World War I and Spanish flu pandemic, which was filmed immediately after X and had Goth reprising the role of Pearl. The prequel, named after the character, was set to focus on how Pearl's backstory led to her becoming a killer without making attempts to humanize her behavior. Goth characterized the younger Pearl as "a dreamer" and "an emotional person who wears her heart on her sleeve and is quite sensitive". Goth's performances and Pearl's character in both films received strong critical acclaim.

Appearances

Pearl made her cinematic debut in X on March 18, 2022. In the film, which is set in 1979 Texas, [1] Pearl and her husband, Howard (Stephen Ure), are an elderly couple living on a farm. Due to his age and heart condition, Howard is unable to have sex despite Pearl's attempts to seduce him. When a group of young filmmakers begin shooting a pornographic film, Pearl grows envious of their youth, motivating her to kill the film's director, RJ (Owen Campbell), crew member Wayne (Martin Henderson), and actress Bobby-Lynne (Brittany Snow), and become infatuated with the other actress, Maxine (Goth). Pearl and Howard later reunite and enter the guesthouse where Pearl is finally able to convince him to have sex with her. Once done, Howard shoots crew member Lorraine (Jenna Ortega) after catching her trying to escape. As they move her body, Howard has a heart attack before Maxine appears and threatens to shoot Pearl with an unloaded pistol. Pearl tries shooting Maxine with Howard's gun, but the recoil knocks her back onto the porch, breaking her hip. This allows Maxine the time to enter Howard's truck, reverse it to crush Pearl's head and escape. [2]

The character returns in the prequel, Pearl on September 16, 2022. Set in 1918, the film showcases Pearl in her 20s. [1] Pearl lives on her family's Homestead with her paralyzed father (Matthew Sunderland) and stern German mother, Ruth (Tandi Wright), while her husband Howard (Alistair Sewell) serves in the First World War. Pearl shows signs of psychopathy as she kills farm animals and physically abuses her father. Pearl meets a handsome projectionist (David Corenswet) after watching a movie whom she imagines to be a scarecrow that she masturbates with on the way home. Pearl's sister-in-law, Mitsy (Emma Jenkins-Purro) tells her about an audition to find dancers for a traveling troupe, which Pearl sees as her opportunity to escape her life. However, when Ruth finds a theater program Pearl hid, the two argue, resulting in Pearl accidentally igniting Ruth's dress and inflicting life-threatening burns when Pearl uses boiling water to douse the flames. Pearl drags Ruth to the basement before fleeing to the movie theater, where she has sex with the projectionist. The next day, he drives Pearl home, but when he attempts to leave, Pearl erupts into a fit of rage and stabs him to death with a pitchfork. She disposes of his body before smothering her father and leaving to attend the audition, where she is rejected, causing her to desperately plea that she is a star. Back home, Pearl goes into a lengthy confession to Mitsy regarding her resentment toward her husband, having an affair, and killing animals, her parents and the projectionist. Pearl then intimidates a stunned Mitsy into confessing that she won the audition before killing her with an axe. When Howard returns from the war, Pearl greets him with a pained smile. [3]

Development

Mia Goth (pictured) plays both Pearl and Maxine in X. The dual casting was employed by director Ti West to emphasize the similarities between the characters. Mia Goth at Berlinale 2023 -1 (cropped).jpg
Mia Goth (pictured) plays both Pearl and Maxine in X. The dual casting was employed by director Ti West to emphasize the similarities between the characters.

In X , Mia Goth was cast as both the elderly antagonist, Pearl, and final girl, Maxine Minx, making her the only actress in the film given a double role. Director Ti West explained that this was to display the similarities between the two characters. [4] As a theme in X was the juxtaposition between age and sexual liberation, Pearl was intended to act as a prediction of Maxine's future. [5] Goth initially didn't know that she was being considered to play both Pearl and Maxine, explaining: "The first time I read the script, I wasn't aware of that, and then I read it for a second time and my mind was just blown. I just had a totally different perspective on the film and what it was about and what it was exploring. It was really exciting. The fact that I was going to play two characters, that I was going to play Maxine and Pearl, that was really interesting to me". [6] West admitted that intended from the beginning for the two characters to share an actress, as he "always thought of them as different characters but the same person". He also believed that the double casting would help the movie stand out among other slashers. [5] Goth detailed that she and West spoke "at length" for months about Pearl's connection to Maxine, as, in her words: "they carry the same essence and they're just at different life stages [...] but their spirit is the same". [7] The actress added that she and West were particularly interested in the desires and fears of the characters. [8]

To play Pearl in X, Goth had to spend 8 hours in makeup before shooting to make her appear older. [4] Goth enjoyed filming scenes in which she appears as both Maxine and Pearl, explaining: "One day I would be Maxine and do that coverage, and the following day I would go in with my make-up and we would shoot that side of the scene. It just felt like play the entire time and because you're not working off a different actor you can kind of really go inward. You're not having to wait and hear what they're doing and observe and move according to whatever their work is. You just can be in your own head and create whatever it is you want. It was a lot of fun". [6] Goth said reading the script multiple times gave her many interpretations of Pearl's character, noting that it helped her envision Pearl's humanity and complexity, adding that she came up with many ideas for Pearl's character as a result. [8] Goth proclaimed she felt "a lot of sympathy" for Pearl, which she found important as it resulted in Pearl not being presented as a trope or a monster, commenting that it helped the role become more interesting. [9] Goth added that she never envisioned Pearl as a villain or a victim, preferring to think Pearl "saw something in Maxine" that sparked her long-suppressed murderous instinct. The actress initially struggled juggling playing two characters and giving each of them an equal amount of thought. [8]

Before filming for X concluded, Goth and West began writing a prequel, Pearl , to focus on Pearl, as they believed that the character would be "the stand-out" of X, with West convincing the studio, A24, to allow the films to be filmed back-to-back. [10] [11] West and Goth often discussed Pearl's possible backstory during and after the production of X, leading to the idea to create a prequel. [12] As well as helping to write the film, which was the first time she had written for one, [13] Goth was set to reprise her role as Pearl. [14] The prequel penned focus on Pearl as a young woman during World War I, and how her backstory led to her becoming a killer, without making attempts to humanize her behavior. [10] [11] [15] Goth commented that Pearl being filmed so shortly after X helped her envision a younger version of her character as she was familiar with the crew and set, adding that she was easily able to remember X and "use that to inform young Pearl and what I wanted to do with her". The setting being the same location, but revamped, helped Goth inspire her performance, as the actress explained: "stepping onto [the setting] for the first time after they had redressed everything just made [her] feel very confident, as though all [her] ideas and what [she] was doing with Pearl was going to fit perfectly into this world. Had [she] stepped onto that set and it wasn't as enhanced and as vibrant as it had been, [she] might have felt a little insecure as to what it was that [she] wanted to do. Seeing it brought everything together nicely". [12]

Goth considered the role of Pearl to be a "gift more than anything" and characterized her in the prequel as "a dreamer", and "an emotional person who wears her heart on her sleeve and is quite sensitive", to which she opined: "to have a character like that to sink your teeth into was so rich". While developing Pearl's beliefs and personality for the prequel, Goth found herself relating intimately to "the ways her character sees movies as a path to a better life". [16] Goth admired how Pearl had a "complex inner landscape", noting that she wasn't sure how she approached her performance, attributing it to a strong understanding of her character. [12] West admired Goth's ability to "create a villain character that wasn't [...] a normal villain", as well as how she brought "humanity" to Pearl, noting that the movie depended on it. [17] Goth commented that she was "terrified" to shoot the scene where Pearl confesses to her murders and mental discomfort as it was a lengthy, one-take scene. She further elaborated: "I don't have any formal training, I really didn't have any tools in my bag as to how to tackle something like that. We shot it on the very last day of Pearl, and [West] did that on purpose, and credit to him too, because all that emotional turmoil that Pearl had gone through, and the intensity of what that shoot was, I think, really informed the monologue. Every evening I would go through the lines so when we got to the day I wasn't thinking of the lines. We did one take of it, and as soon as we did that first take and all went well, then we just started having fun with it". [13]

Reception

Goth's performance as Pearl received strong critical acclaim. Danielle Ryan of Slashfilm called Pearl a "complicated character", commenting that "Goth plays Pearl as both unhinged and relatable". [18] Clarisse Loughrey of The Independent praised how Goth's performance made Pearl's behaviour believable, detailing: "Her commitment to every choked cry for attention, to every glassy-eyed departure from reality, is unimpeachable. What’s even more impressive is how delicately the actor unpicks Pearl's innocence, to show us a woman so open to the world and vulnerable to its cruelties that she’s become corrupted beyond hope". [19] Ana Peres of MovieWeb ranked Goth's performances in X and Pearl as the "best performances in horror movies in 2022", writing that the actress "blew everyone's mind with her striking performance", further commending her for giving life to the character with her "perfect sensibility and vulnerability". [20] Harry Guerin of RTE praised Goth's performance, detailing: "Goth switches gears between childlike, alluring and terrifying". [21] Angelo Delos Trinos of CBR listed Mia Goth's performance as one of 10 actors snubbed by the Oscars, writing: "by portraying Pearl's older and younger selves in X and Pearl, respectively, Mia Goth solidified her place as one of the best new actors working in the horror genre today". [22] David Caballero of Collider wrote that Goth delivered "a tour-de-force portrayal of desperation, frustration and melancholy", deeming it "Oscar-worthy". [23] In a review of Pearl, Ryan Gilbey of The New Statesman wrote that "Pearl wants so badly to be a star. Part of the film's pleasure lies in realising that Goth already is". [24] Jen Yamato of Los Angeles Times wrote "Goth unleashes a monster layered with complexity, vulnerability, humanity and rage, a deranged Disney heroine driven mad by her longing for the life she desires". [16] Damon Wise of Deadline praised Goth's performance, calling it a "powerhouse" that "elevates what could so easily be a cartoon villain". [25]

The character of Pearl was also positively received by critics. Clark Collins of Entertainment Weekly deemed the character of Pearl to be one of the "greatest horror roles" of 2022. [13] Wendy Ide of The Guardian praised that Pearl's character, writing that it was "filled with kittenish cruelty and the creeping rot of madness, all topped off with a monstrous, distorting need to be loved". [26] Loughrey (The Independent) declared Pearl to be a "brand new horror icon". [19] Alison Foreman of IndieWire ranked Pearl as the 6th scariest female horror villain, naming Pearl's monologue as her "scariest scene" as it "ferociously picks apart Pearl's psyche" and "is bitter, blunt, and brutally scary". [27] Yamato (Los Angeles Times) considered Pearl to be a "richly dynamic role", adding that the character's monologue was one "for the ages". [16] Delos Trinos (CBR) called Pearl "an iconic tragic monster" and a "hauntingly tragic figure". [22] Sofia Torres of The Heights named Pearl a "brilliantly complex" character who leaves viewers conflicted, writing: "In a way, Pearl's self awareness and, sometimes, her remorse humanizes her character". [28] Nicholas Johnson of MovieWeb called Pearl "one of the more recent additions to the canon of terrifying horror film serial killers" and "far from a one-dimensional mass murderer". He concluded by calling Pearl one of the "most compelling film characters in recent memory". [29]

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