Emerald Fennell may have had no trouble at all finding her place at Oxford when she was a student there, in the mid-aughts. But the protagonist of her new film, Saltburn, has a dreadful time—especially when he finds himself enmeshed in the heady, aristocratic universe of a mysterious classmate. The psychological thriller is Fennell’s follow-up to her 2020 directorial debut, Promising Young Woman, which earned her an Oscar for best original screenplay. Herewith, she shares her key components to the good life. —Ashley Baker
Airline: Virgin Atlantic.
Airport: Heathrow.
Alibi: “I was volunteering at the hospital.”
App: Matches.
Bag: A red Chanel mini crossbody.
Bedtime: Four a.m.
Bike: A car.
Birthday: Turning 15.
Boyfriend: Steve Martin in 1974.
Breakfast, WEEKDAY: A handful of Cheerios and a Nescafé Gold blend.
Breakfast, WEEKEND: Pancakes and maple syrup.
Car: A Mercedes Gullwing.
Child: An Edward Gorey orphan.
Cocktail: A Virgin Mary.
Cocktail appetizer: Anything in the Marks & Spencer 3-for-2 Christmas deal.
Couple: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Date: Sunrise in Paris.
Diet: McDonald’s.
