‘Can We Get Rid Of This?’ Anya Taylor-Joy’s Had A Blunt Reaction To The Chess Scene In 'The Gorge,' But Something Changed Her Mind

It’s only February, but the 2025 movie release schedule is filling up with some pretty exciting new films. In this day and age, we don’t always need to find a big screen for said new releases, and such is the case with Scott Derrickson’s "The Gorge." The film was just released today and can be watched by anyone with an Apple TV+ subscription. We’ve been all-in on "The Gorge" since the release of the first trailer months ago, but perhaps the same can’t be said for the film’s stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller. That's because there’s a big “wink” at both of their careers that the A-listers pleaded with the producers to remove. For most of the film, Miles Teller’s Levi and Anya Taylor-Joy’s Drasa are living isolated lives on either side of a massive gorge. During a montage where the two are trying to entertain themselves, Levi can be seen drumming, and Drasa can be seen playing chess. As you likely know, these acts harken back to projects the two of them worked on much earlier in their careers, and to avoid being too self-referential, Anya Taylor-Joy tried to get the segment nixed. While speaking with the two of them to celebrate "The Gorge’s" release.