Léa Seydoux Victor Boyko/Getty Images Palme d'Or-winning French actress Léa Seydoux (Dune: Part Two) is set to star opposite Academy Award winner Mikey Madison in The Masque of the Red Death, the new film from A24 and Picturestart, billed as a revisionist and darkly comedic take on the short story of the same name by Edgar Allen Poe. No word on the role to be played by Seydoux. Published in 1842, Poe's story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.