Fans of Freida McFadden’s novel “The Housemaid” shouldn’t worry about being unhappy about the film adaptation, Michele Morrone told Variety at the SXSW TV Film Festival.
“I think the film is going to be very faithful to the book. That’s all I can actually say,” Morrone, who portrays Enzo in the upcoming film, said while promoting “Another Simple Favor.” As for what he could tease about his character, there wasn’t much except that Enzo is “a weirdo.”
“I like to play weirdos as you know,” he quipped. “But I’m proud of myself to be part of that project and being a weirdo!”
The Lionsgate film, set to debut on Christmas Day 2025, stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar and Morrone and is directed by Paul Feig. The story follows Millie (Sweeney), a young woman who, in desperate need for a fresh start, takes a job as a housemaid to wealthy couple Nina (Seyfried) and Andrew (Sklenar). Soon she starts discovering the couple’s many secrets and the danger she could be facing inside her new home.
In the book, Enzo is the family’s groundskeeper, who also has a story of his own.
“It’s very dark, dramatic [and] twisted,” Sklenar recently teased to Variety at the Vanity Fair Oscars party, adding that his character, Andrew, is “Norman Bates meets Patrick Bateman.”
“It’s not gory but it’s twisted. It’s out there for sure,” he added. “I am a little unhinged. You very rarely get the opportunity to just let the cat out of the bag.”
