Emma Corrin and Maika Monroe didn’t have to try to establish the chemistry needed for their roles in Julia Jackman’s indie fantasy “ 100 Nights of Hero .”

“It was really easy,” Corrin tells Variety , seated next to Monroe at the Soho Hotel in London. Echoes Monroe with a smile: “It was there immediately.”

In the film loosely based on the Middle Eastern folk tale “One Thousand and One Nights,” Monroe and Corrin play the sheltered Cherry and her loyal maid Hero, respectively. Set in a dystopian world where storytelling is banned and women are killed for failing to produce an heir, Cherry’s neglectful husband places a wager on her fidelity, leaving her with his seductive friend Manfred (Nicholas Galitzine) for 100 nights. As Manfred tries his best to win Cherry’s heart, she is increa

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