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Ladies First
A high-gloss satirical fantasy buzzing with slapstick bewilderment, the film reflects societal vanity like a funhouse mirror, where entrenched privilege abruptly shatters against the unyielding sidewalk of flipped reality.
Ladies First
Ladies First
21 May 2026 United States of America 94 min 6.0 (509)

Director: Thea Sharrock

Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike, Tom Davis, Emily Mortimer, Weruche Opia

Fantasy Comedy Systemic Privilege and Forced Empathy Performative Corporate Progressivism The Nature of Dominance and Power Vulnerability, Body Image, and Objectification

Ladies First — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Damien Sachs

Sacha Baron Cohen

Archetype: Arrogant Chauvinist / Humbled Antihero Key Trait: Persistent audacity masking deep-seated insecurity

Motivation

Initially to secure the Atlas CEO position; later, to survive the flipped reality and find his way home.

Character Arc

Starts as a self-absorbed corporate ladder-climber who treats women as sexual conquests and disposable underlings. Once cast down into the subordinate class of the matriarchy, he suffers humiliation, learns resilience, and develops genuine emotional intelligence and empathy.

Alex Fox

Rosamund Pike

Archetype: The Formidable Equal / Mirror Foil Key Trait: Uncompromising assertiveness and sharp wit

Motivation

To retain creative authority and dominate the corporate arena on her own terms.

Character Arc

In the real world, an unappreciated creative director who rejects corporate condescension; in the alternate reality, she is an apex executive who exudes unyielding confidence, casual dominance, and unapologetic ambition, though she gradually softens as she bonds with Damien.

Atlas Client / Senior Executive

Fiona Shaw

Archetype: The Predatory Gatekeeper Key Trait: Ruthless, eccentric dominance

Motivation

Exercising unchecked corporate power and indulging personal hedonism.

Character Arc

Represents the unapologetic apex of power in the matriarchal society, treating subordinate men as disposable playthings for her own amusement.

Agency Mentor / CEO Figure

Charles Dance / Richard E. Grant

Archetype: The Institutional Old Guard Key Trait: Stately condescension

Motivation

Maintaining corporate prestige and avoiding disruption.

Character Arc

Reflects the established power dynamic of whatever society he inhabits—comfortably presiding over the status quo in the patriarchal agency, and relegated to peripheral advisory or subordinate domestic roles in the matriarchy.

Cast

Sacha Baron Cohen as Damien Sachs
Rosamund Pike as Alex Fox
Tom Davis as Chris Black
Emily Mortimer as Sunny Black
Weruche Opia as Ruby
Charles Dance as Fred Powell
Fiona Shaw as Felicity Chase
Richard E. Grant as Pigeon Man
Red Tennant as Charlie
Kathryn Hunter as Glenda Cartwright
Kadiff Kirwan as Austin
Bill Paterson as Louis
Paul Chahidi as Harry
Jordan Metcalfe as Marlon
Danny Ashok as Nick

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