Saltburn's Emerald Fennell wants to make "very erotic" Jurassic Park movie

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Saltburn and Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell has revealed what her dream project is, and it's an erotic take on Jurassic Park.

Fennell, who has also starred in Call the Midwife and The Crown, was speaking to Deadline when she was asked what project she would love to make.

"I honestly feel that I've been so lucky. I've been able to make my dream projects already," she said. "But my favorite film of all time is Jurassic Park, so I would love to get in on the dinosaurs."

Sharing more about what she had in mind, Fennell continued: "Well, first and foremost, it's very erotic. I think humans and dinosaurs have gotten to that stage in their time together where things are starting to get quite thrilling.

"So, there's a marriage between a man and a velociraptor and it's basically a domestic drama."

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While her response seemed like she was joking, could it actually happen one day?

Elsewhere in the interview, Fennell said she wished that she had nabbed the role of Ursula in The Little Mermaid live-action remake.

"Ursula the Sea Witch is my inspiration and my muse. I've always loved her," Fennell added. "I've always felt she deserves her own prequel where she's misunderstood.

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"She's just going to the clubs, in that iconic outfit, stuffing souls into little bottles and then harvesting them."

Speaking to Digital Spy earlier this year, McCarthy's Little Mermaid co-star Javier Bardem suggested his own idea for a very different type of Ursula spin-off where his character King Triton "could show up there for Christmas with the family".

Saltburn is out in cinemas now.

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