Teyana Taylor teases ‘very real’ talks with Paul Thomas Anderson about One Battle After Another sequel: ‘I’m begging him’

Thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio is up for 13 awards at this year’s Oscars CultureFilmNewsTeyana Taylor teases ‘very real’ talks with Paul Thomas Anderson about One Battle After Another sequel: ‘I’m begging him’Thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio is up for 13 awards at this year’s OscarsEllie Muir Thursday 05 March 2026 10:47 ESTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popoverHamnet and One Battle After Another secure Best Picture nominations at Oscars 2026Your support helps us to tell the storyRead moreSupport NowFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.Your support makes all the difference.Read moreTeyana Taylor has revealed she has been begging director Paul Thomas Anderson to make a sequel centered around her One Battle After Another character.The 35-year-old singer, who is Oscar-nominated for her breakout role as the far-left revolutionary Perfidia Beverly Hills in the film, said in a new interview that she’s been in talks with Anderson to make a spin-off that meets her character almost two decades later.“The conversations are very, very real,” she told IndieWire of the potential sequel. “I want to give everybody confirmation that I am currently begging [Anderson] to give us that. I’m begging him to give us that.”Taylor continued: “Here and there, I make little jokes with Paul. I’m like, ‘We need to see what Perfidia did in those 16 years.’” The film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Taylor and Chase Infiniti, follows a revolutionary group battling the military, led by Sean Penn’s corrupt white-supremacist officer.open image in galleryTeyana Taylor as Perfidia Beverly Hills in the Oscar-nominated ‘One Battle After Another’ (Warner Bros)open image in galleryTeyana Taylor has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Oscars (Warner Bros)In it, Taylor’s character betrays her group, French 75, to the military before abandoning her partner, Pat (DiCaprio), and her daughter, Willa (Infiniti).Taylor continued: “But Perfidia and Willa need some scenes together. When Willa walked out the door in that last scene, I said, ‘Where’s she really going? Is she going to free Deandra? Is she going to find her mommy?’ I love that it’s still hopeful, and it’s room for a little part two in there somewhere.”The film is up for 13 awards at this year’s Oscars, having won four awards at the Golden Globes, including Best Supporting Actress for Taylor and Best Motion Picture, and six honors at the BAFTA Film Awards last month.For Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars, Taylor will go up against Wunmi Mosaku for Sinners, Amy Madigan for Weapons, and both Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value.open image in gallery‘One Battle After Another’ has been sweeping up multiple trophies during this year’s awards season (Getty Images)During her hosting slot on Saturday Night Live last month, Taylor revealed that she had learned about her Oscar nomination while having a bald cap fitted for a scene on the sketch show.“This week has been very insane,” Taylor said during her opening monologue. “I was nominated for an Oscar for One Battle After Another. It is a dream come true…“I found out the way every little girl wants to find out...getting fitted for a bald cap next to Mikey Day,” she said.Taylor said in a statement following her Oscar nomination: “I fell asleep last night watching Pretty Woman, thinking about happy endings and how impossible they sometimes feel … and I woke up realizing I’ve been living in one that God has been preparing me for my own fairytale ending.”More aboutTeyana TaylorPaul Thomas AndersonOne Battle After AnotherJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesCommentsMost popularPopular videosBulletinRead next