Your Stupid Minds accidentally reviews two Kaya Scodelario movies in a row by covering a film shot in 2014, and intended to release in 2015. Instead it was dumped unceremoniously into theaters in January of this year. It\u2019s 2022\u2019s The King\u2019s Daughter! Directed by Sean McNamara (3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain).
Marie-Josephe (Scodelario) is an orphan brought to 18th century Versailles for unknown reasons. It turns out she\u2019s, get this, the king\u2019s daughter. Specifically, the daughter of King Louis XIV (Pierce Brosnon). So she must navigate the court intrigue of the palace while she finds true love.
ALSO, the king wants to live forever, so he uses his quack court doctor Labarthe (Pablo Schreiber) to concoct a plan wherein if he eats the heart of a mermaid during an eclipse, he will achieve immortality. So the king hires a Captain Yves (Benjamin Walker) to capture a mermaid (Bingbing Fan) to do the deed. Will he go through with it? Will he have a change of heart? Did anyone see this movie? You\u2019ll have to listen to find out.