Editor’s Note: This story contains spoilers for “A Different Man.”

Renate Reinsve seemingly had the world at her feet after her breakout performance in Joachim Trier’s millennial magnum opus “The Worst Person in the World.” Yet instead of joining a big-budget franchise in Hollywood, the Norwegian actress took a different career path. Reinsve stuck with boundary-pushing indies and opted for a scene-stealing supporting role in writer/director Aaron Schimberg’s Sundance 2024 hit, “A Different Man.”

Reinsve plays Ingrid, an expat and recent New York transplant who moves in next door to Edward (Sebastian Stan), an actor who has neurofibromatosis causing facial disfigurement. While Ingrid seems to flirt with Edward, she still rebuffs his advances, in part leading Edward to undergo a medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. An unrecognizable Edward sheds his skin (literally) and is reborn as “Guy,” telling Ingrid that Edward committed suicide to explain away his transformation.