One Battle After Another: PTA Saw Every Woman in the US.

By The Backlot

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Bob aims a rifle on a desert highway beside a beat-up car in One Battle After Another.

Chase Infiniti got the call from Paul Thomas Anderson himself. No assistant. No email. He called.

She had one TV credit. She was a K-pop dancer. She had sent a self-tape for a role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in a $130 million Paul Thomas Anderson film. After months of chemistry reads, stunt tests, and six months of karate and MMA training, PTA called to say the part was hers.

Anderson said he had seen "every young woman in the United States and beyond." He picked her.

Her character Willa is the reason the movie works. She and DiCaprio play a daughter and her former revolutionary father living off the grid. Anderson called Willa "the heart of the film."

People on Backlot are watching this one. If you haven't seen it yet, tonight's a good night.

Quick Facts

One Battle After Another: PTA Saw Every Woman in the US.

DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson

CastLeonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall

GenreThriller, Crime, Comedy

Release2025-09-23

Runtime162 min

Rated7.3/10

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PTA said he saw every young woman in America before casting the lead of One Battle After Another. She sent a self-tape with one TV credit and a K-pop side gig. He called her himself. #OneBattleAfterAnother #Backlot

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PTA said he saw every young woman in the US before he found Chase Infiniti. One TV credit. K-pop dancer. He called her himself. #OneBattleAfterAnother #Backlot

Chase Infiniti got the call from Paul Thomas Anderson himself. No assistant. No email. He called.

Anderson said he had seen "every young woman in the United States and beyond." He picked her.

Her character Willa is the reason the movie works. She and DiCaprio play a daughter and her former revolutionary father living off the grid. Anderson called Willa "the heart of the film."

People on Backlot are watching this one. If you haven't seen it yet, tonight's a good night.