QUIRK OF THE JOB

Stars Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera talk about working on director Wes Anderson's off-beat comedic thriller The Phoenician Scheme.

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WHEN she was 13 years old, actress Mia Threapleton watched the Wes Anderson film Moonrise Kingdom, and then noted down that she'd love to work with the acclaimed American director one day.

Fast forward a decade or so and that dream has become a reality.

The 24-year-old, who is the daughter of Titanic star Kate Winslet and director and artist Jim Threapleton, is among the cast of the director’s latest film, the Fifties-set comedy thriller The Phoenician Scheme.

“I never thought that this would ever happen,” she says, seated alongside her co-stars, Traffic and 21 Grams actor Benicio del Toro and Canadian Michael Cera, of Juno fame.

“A week and a half ago I was at home going through some old boxes, and I literally found from 2013, little me, aged 13, writing, ‘Watching Moonrise Kingdom again, b****y love this film, would really love to work with Wes Anderson one day.”

Working with Anderson is an ambition shared by many in the business. A-listers like Gwyneth Paltrow, Bill Murray, Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan and Tilda Swinton have flocked to appear in quirky tales such as Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

His latest project follows suit, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hanks and Scarlett Johansson filling out the cast.