Charli XCX has a cameo in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film What Happens at Night, Variety reported on October 26, citing sources. The singer shares the screen with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, who star in the Gothic psychological drama. Details of her character have not been revealed, and representatives for Charli XCX, Apple and StudioCanal did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
The Daily Star first reported the cameo, and Variety followed with its own report citing sources. StudioCanal is behind the film with Apple. The production describes it as a Gothic psychological drama, a tone that fits the novel’s snowy hotel setting and its cast of strange guests. The couple at the center of the story check into a nearly empty hotel, where a flamboyant chanteuse, a businessman and a faith healer are among the guests they meet.
Charli XCX role kept under wraps
Charli XCX joins a cast that also includes Mads Mikkelsen, Patricia Clarkson and Jared Harris. Production has already wrapped on the film, which Patrick Marber adapted from Peter Cameron’s 2020 novel of the same name. The story follows an American married couple who travel to a small European town to adopt a baby, only to find the process shakes everything they know about themselves.
The film is an Apple and StudioCanal production, and no release date has been set. Reports point to a likely 2027 release. It is Scorsese’s follow-up to Killers of the Flower Moon from 2023, which also starred DiCaprio and earned 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture. What Happens at Night is the seventh Scorsese film to feature DiCaprio.
Charli XCX screen career so far
Charli XCX has appeared in seven films over the past two years, according to Variety. The list includes The Moment, a mockumentary directed by her frequent collaborator Aidan Zamiri that pokes fun at the success of her album Brat. She also turned up in I Want Your Sex, Faces of Death and 100 Nights of Hero, and her breakout acting role came in Erupcja, a film she also co-wrote and produced.
Her music career runs alongside the screen work. She wrote the soundtrack for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, released in February, which included the song House, made with John Cale. Brat won three Grammy Awards in 2025. Her latest album, Music, Fashion, Film, pictures John Cale, Marc Jacobs and Scorsese on its cover, one for each art form in the title.
Charli XCX tour and what comes next
Charli XCX has just wrapped the North American part of her Music, Fashion, Film Tour, with the final show of that stretch last Friday at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Europe comes next, in February, with all 2027 dates listed on her website. She also has a film with Takashi Miike coming up.
DiCaprio and Lawrence play the couple at the center of the story, whose trip to adopt a baby turns unsettling as they meet the hotel’s strange guests. Welker White is also in the cast, alongside Mikkelsen, Clarkson and Harris. The film’s Gothic tone marks a change of pace for Scorsese, whose recent work has been rooted in crime and American history. The production wrapped before the casting news surfaced, so the cameo was filmed before audiences knew about it, and the film now waits for a release date from Apple and StudioCanal.
For now, the Scorsese cameo stays under wraps, with no word on the size of the part or the scenes involved. The news arrived as Charli XCX closed the US leg of her tour, adding a film credit alongside DiCaprio and Lawrence. Apple has yet to set a date for the film, but a 2027 release looks likely.
Charli XCX has built her screen career quickly, moving from music videos and stage shows into film roles in a short space of time. The Scorsese credit, small as it is reported to be, places her in a production led by one of the most established directors in Hollywood. Fans will have to wait for a release date before they can see how the cameo plays on screen.