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Mary Elizabeth Winstead was seen on set of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle remake for the first time on Thursday with newly dyed blonde hair.
The actress, 40, will star as Claire Bartel in the upcoming thriller, a role which was originally played by Annabella Sciorra in 1992’s version.
As filming got underway in Los Angeles, Mary wore a casual, oversized pink jumper with a pair of light wash jeans and trainers.
She wore minimal makeup and sported a new blonde hairstyle for her role as the pregnant housewife.
The original follows Rebecca De Mornay as a woman named Peyton Mott who’s husband kills himself after being accused of sexual misconduct by his patients.
In an attempt to avenge her husband’s suicide she poses as a nanny for the Bartel family after Claire is name of one of her husband’s accusers.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead was seen on set of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle remake for the first time on Thursday with newly dyed blonde hair
The actress, 40, will star as Claire Bartel in the upcoming thriller, a role which was originally played by Annabella Sciorra in 1992’s version
The remake from 20th Century Studios, will star Maika Monroe opposite Mary as Peyton, as reported by Deadline.
Mary most recently starred in Disney+ TV series Ahsoka and A Gentleman In Moscow alongside her husband Ewan McGregor.
The couple got candid with Variety about their on screen reunion seven years after their alleged affair scandal which rocked both of their marriages.
In the accompanying article they discussed their latest critically-acclaimed project and how parenthood has not only changed their careers but also themselves as people.
Mary and Ewan can be seen on the Paramount+ on Showtime series based on Amor Towles’ 2016 novel as they revealed that it was Ewan’s idea for them to work together on screen again.
The actress said: ‘Ewan was reading the novel and he started slyly mentioning to me, in very subtle ways, that there was a great female character in the book.
‘He was definitely hinting to me that it could be a good opportunity for us to work together.’
Ewan portrayed Count Alexander Rostov while Mary starred as his onscreen wife Mary Urbanova.
Mary was first attached to the project in October (pictured in May with her usual hair style)
The original follows Rebecca De Mornay (pictured) as a woman named Peyton Mott who’s husband kills himself after being accused of sexual misconduct by his patients
In an attempt to avenge her husband’s suicide she poses as a nanny for the Bartel family after Claire is name of one of her husband’s accusers (Annabella Sciorra pictured as Claire in the 1992 version)
Mary most recently starred in Disney+ TV series Ahsoka and A Gentleman In Moscow alongside her husband Ewan McGregor (L-R Mary as Anna, Ewan as Count Rostov and Alexa Goodall as Nina in A Gentleman in Moscow)
The series will mark the third on-screen collaboration between Mary and her husband, following 2017’s Fargo and 2020’s Birds of Prey.
The two originally met on set of the FX series in 2016 and though the two have since married in 2022 and share a two-year-old son named Laurie together, their public relationship began under very controversial circumstances.
Ewan was married to Eva Mavrakis for 22 years until their split in May 2017 – they shares daughters Clara, Jamyan, Esther and Anouk.
The actor met Mary when they were both working on Fargo in late 2016 when Ewan was still married to Eva and Mary was still with her ex-husband Riley Stearns.
They were pictured kissing London café in October 2017 and later announced he had been separated Eva since May.