The Jaw-Dropper
Elizabeth Debicki just agreed to run a mud wrestling bar for David Fincher—and cinephiles are losing their damn minds.
Yes, that Elizabeth Debicki. The six-foot-tall Aussie goddess who played Princess Diana in The Crown and stood stoic beside Kenneth Branagh’s villain in Tenet is now stepping into the pit for The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth, Netflix’s no-holds-barred sequel to Tarantino’s 2019 Hollywood fever dream.
If this doesn’t signal the weirdest tonal pivot of the year, I don’t know what does.
Why This Changes Everything (Or Nothing)
Insane detail: The role she’s reportedly taking? Roberta, a mud-wrestling bar manager. Not a metaphor. Not a wink. Literal mud. Literal wrestling.
Savage comparison: This is The Crown meets The Wrestler, if Darren Aronofsky shot it on acid and Brad Pitt showed up in cowboy boots asking where the bodies are buried.
And this isn’t some streaming throwaway. Netflix allegedly dangled $3 million in front of Leonardo DiCaprio just for a glorified cameo. Brad Pitt’s locked in. Tarantino wrote the script. Fincher is directing. If you squint, it looks like Oscar bait in a truck-stop bathroom mirror.
The Hidden Story
Fincher doesn’t do sequels. But here he is, picking up Tarantino’s sandbox toys and building something possibly sleazier—and smarter.
This isn’t just a bizarre plot twist. It’s a calculated genre inversion. Cliff Booth (Pitt) is no longer the stoned sidekick; he’s now a Hollywood “fixer.” Think Ray Donovan with better skincare and a body count.
And the supporting cast? Fincher’s still casting the role of Bill Vergara, a Filipino mobster and film financier—a move that could signal a rare shift in power portrayal on screen. Think less exoticized side character, more Michael Clayton-meets-Scarface, but global.
Remember when Fincher cast Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl and made everyone regret doubting her? Debicki as Roberta might just be that move—again.
💬 One crew member allegedly joked: “It’s like if Princess Di quit the palace to run WrestleMania.”
Now Pick a Side
Genius or garbage? Would you binge this or delete your Netflix account in protest? Sound off below.
