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Story summary
- Paul Thomas Anderson addressed controversy over his Oscar-winning film One Battle After Another at the 2026 Academy Awards.
- He discussed Teyana Taylor's character Perfidia Beverly Hills as flawed and struggling with personal issues, including postpartum depression.
- Anderson said the character's decline from idealism to antihero was a deliberate narrative choice.
- He added the film's focus shifts to Chase Infiniti's character, Willa, to explore generational trauma and a difficult legacy.
