Elizabeth Banks Shares Her Connection to Charli xcx, Who She's Been a 'Huge Fan of Forever' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Elizabeth Banks (left) and Charli xcx.Photo:Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Michael Kovac/Getty Images

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Michael Kovac/Getty Images

Elizabeth Banksis loving the“Bratsummer” trend!

Speaking to PEOPLE ahead of the release of her latest filmSkincare, the actor shed some light on her relationship with breakout pop starCharli xcx, whose deep cut “Nuclear Seasons” was included on the film’s soundtrack.

This wasn’t the first time they had worked together — the pair collaborated for the 2023 raunchy comedyBottoms, for which Banks served as a producer and Charli created the music.

“Charli xcx did a bunch of songs for my movieBottoms,” Banks, 50, tells PEOPLE. “I’m a huge fan — have been forever.”

“Bratgreen” — theneon green shadeCharli used in the art for the album cover — has cropped up in everything from fashion to food. A-listers fromJennifer LopeztoGlen Powellhave participated in aviral dance crazeto theBrattrack “Apple.” She’s even entered the political arena,seemingly endorsingKamala Harris’bid for president, posting on X, “kamala IS brat” (and prompting Harris' official campaign account to change its banner on X to match the aesthetics of the album).

Charli xcx.Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images

Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images

Banks, too, is here for Charli’s breakout success.

“I’m so excited forBratsummer,” she tells PEOPLE. “It’s the best.”

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Elizabeth Banks inSkincare.Courtesy of IFC Films

Courtesy of IFC Films

Banks continues: “This is really about a woman where progress is sort of steamrolling over her and this pressure is building on her to stay relevant in a world she doesn’t understand.”

Skincareis out in theaters on Aug. 16.

source: people.com