The eerie trailer for HBO's Alfred Hitchcock movie: 4 talking points

The new film chronicles the legendary director's on-set abuses (and off-screen advances) toward leading lady Tippi Hedren, who later claimed he sabotaged her career

In a new trailer for HBO's "The Girl," viewers get a look at the expertly cast Sienna Miller as Alfred Hitchcock's muse Tippi Hedren.
(Image credit: HBO/Kelly Walsh)

This week, HBO released the trailer for the The Girl, an original film (debuting October 20) that chronicles Alfred Hitchcock's obsession with one of his definitive leading ladies, Tippi Hedren. (Watch the trailer below.) The Girl focuses primarily on the notoriously tumultuous filming of 1963's The Birds, during which Hedren claims the director tormented her with erratic behavior, sexual come-ons, and, to an unnecessary degree, actual birds. Here's what commentators are saying:

1. Toby Jones and Sienna Miller are perfectly cast

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