Rachel Weisz gets bloody for her double lead role in Dead Ringers… with newly released trailer

Rachel Weisz has got blood on her hands for the double lead role in Dead Ringers where she also gets frisky with a woman.

The British actress, 52, is starring in the brand new six-part Prime Video series as a modern take on the 1988 thriller starring Jeremy Irons.

In a newly released trailer and images, Rachel is shown playing the role of twins Elliot and Beverly Mantle who share drugs, lovers, and an unapologetic desire to do whatever it takes.

This includes pushing the boundaries of medical ethics in an effort to challenge antiquated practices and bring women’s health care to the forefront.

Rachel, who is married to James Bond star Daniel Craig, 55, stars alongside Britne Olford from American Horror Story who plays Genevieve and Poppy Liu, best known for her role in Better Call Saul, who plays Greta.

Star role: Rachel Weisz has got blood on her hands for the double lead role in Dead Ringers where she also gets frisky with a woman

Frisky: One shot shows Rachel as one of the Mantle twins in bed kissing Britne Olford as Genevieve, as the pair get up close and personal in their pyjamas

Also in the ensemble is Michael Chernus from Orange Is The New Black, as Tom, Jennifer Ehle, from Zero Dark Thirty, as Rebecca, and Emily Meade, from The Deuce, as Susan.

Rachel is seen in a shot where she’s stood leaning against a brick wall while smoking a cigarette and tons of blood all over her white doctor’s jacket.

Another shows Rachel as one of the Mantle twins in bed kissing Britne Olford as Genevieve, as the pair get up close and personal in their pyjamas.

Wearing a Handmaid’s Tale style red cape, red hair cover, red gloves and a red face mask, the gynecologist holds onto a newly born baby in her arms.

One other creepy shot shows Rachel in a lab-like room with red lighting and two petri dishes which she looks like she’s inspecting.

Filmmaker Sean Durkin directed the first two episodes and co-directed the last episode of the series. Durkin also serves as an executive producer.

The directing team also includes Karyn Kusama, Karena Evans, and Lauren Wolkstein. It debuts April 21

Rachel Weisz – who was spotted in NYC with husband Daniel Craig earlier this month –  also serves as an executive producer for the limited series, which is created, written, and executive produced by Emmy-nominated writer and playwright Alice Birch (Normal People, Succession, The Wonder). T

Dark: The British actress, 52, is starring in the brand new six-part Prime Video series as a modern take on the 1988 thriller starring Jeremy Irons

Creepy: One other creepy shot shows Rachel in a lab-like room with red lighting and two petri dishes which she looks like she’s inspecting

In role: Rachel, who is married to James Bond star Daniel Craig, 55, stars alongside Britne Olford from American Horror Story who plays Genevieve and Poppy Liu, best known for her role in Better Call Saul, who plays Greta

Mirror image: In a newly released trailer and images, Rachel plays the role of twins Elliot and Beverly Mantle who share drugs, lovers, and an unapologetic desire to do whatever it takes

Twins: Also in the ensemble is Michael Chernus from Orange Is The New Black, as Tom, Jennifer Ehle, from Zero Dark Thirty, as Rebecca, and Emily Meade, from The Deuce, as Susan

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The trailer begins with the doors of a hospital opening and a doctor walking out, as we see both Beverly and Elliot clad in red.

One is sitting back in her chair with a hand over her belly and her hair tied back, while the other is hunched over, hair flowing over her shoulders with blood all over her face.

The trailer – set to Blondie’s 1979 hit single Heart of Glass – shows them both sitting next to each other, while another shot shows them in more professional attire while looking at a newborn baby.’

‘Erraticism always begins with something small,’ one of the sisters says, which means, ‘the action or tendency to be erratic.’

Like the first shot, both sisters appear identical, though they one always has their hair down and the other always up.

The final shot shows one of the sisters in bed while the other plops down right next to her.

Filmmaker Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Nest, The Iron Claw) directed the first two episodes and co-directed the last episode of the series. 

Durkin also serves as an executive producer, while the directing team is rounded out by Karyn Kusama (Jennifer’s Body, Girlfight), Karena Evans (P-Valley, Snowfall), and Lauren Wolkstein (A Friend of the Family, Y: The Last Man).

Doctors: Rachel takes on double duty as a pair of twisted twin doctors in the new trailer

Doctor: The trailer begins with the doors of a hospital opening and a doctor walking out, as we see both Beverly and Elliot clad in red

Dead Ringers is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Annapurna Television, with series creator Alice Birch serving as the series showrunner and executive producer.

Rachel Weisz for executive produces for Astral Projection, alongside Stacy O’Neil, Sue Naegle, and Sean Durkin. 

Ali Krug is the executive producer for Annapurna Television. Erica Kay, Anne Carey, and Polly Stokes also serve as executive producers. 

Doctor: One is sitting back in her chair with a hand over her belly and her hair tied back, while the other is hunched over, hair flowing over her shoulders with blood all over her face

Baby: The trailer – set to Blondie’s 1979 hit single Heart of Glass – shows them both sitting next to each other, while another shot shows them in more professional attire while looking at a newborn baby’

Up and down: Like the first shot, both sisters appear identical, though they one always has their hair down and the other always up

Produced: Dead Ringers is co-produced by Amazon Studios and Annapurna Television, with series creator Alice Birch serving as the series showrunner and executive producer

James G. Robinson, David Robinson, and Barbara Wall executive produced for Morgan Creek.

Amazon first announced the project in August 2020, giving it a straight-to-series order, with production beginning in August 2021.

The original David Cronenberg film was adapted from the 1977 novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland, which was loosely based on the true story of twin gynecologists Stewart and Cyril Marcus.

They were both found dead in July 1975 in separate rooms of Cyril’s Manhattan apartment at just 45 years of age, with Stewart dying of a barbiturate overdose and Cyril suspected of possibly taking his own life in a suicide pact after finding his brother dead.