Two big names are stepping away from their usual day jobs to act in an upcoming feature film.
First, there’s Kylie Minogue, who has indeed performed on-screen before — and is finally returning to the spotlight for Tangled Up in Blue, named after the Bob Dylan song of the same name from his 1975 album Blood on the Tracks, Variety reports.
The beloved Australian singer-songwriter, 58, actually began her career in Australian television, according to Billboard, having appeared on The Sullivans, The Henderson Kids and Neighbours, where she played Charlene Mitchell across nearly 350 episodes from 1986.
Minogue first hit the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988 with the No. 3-peaking “The Loco-Motion,” a cover of Little Eva’s 1962 hit. She returned to the top 10 fourteen years later with “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (No. 7), the lead single from her Grammy-winning album Fever, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 — her highest career peak on the chart.
More recently, her 2023 hit “Padam Padam” became the first song to win the newly created Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording.
The other big name joining Tangled Up in Blue — directed by Jamie Adams — is Quentin Tarantino, who has also acted before (and not just in those he directed, like Pulp Fiction). Adams’ last project with Tarantino, “Only What We Carry,” was shot in six days in France, also starring Simon Pegg and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and premiered at Tribeca earlier this month, Variety also noted on Monday, June 22.
Tarantino, 63, and Minogue were spotted over the weekend in the Welsh town of Porthcawl, where they shot scenes of a funeral at Newton Church and a wake at the Saltwater Inn, according to a local outlet.
Tangled Up in Blue also stars Jason Isaacs, Allison Williams, Sofia Boutella and RZA.