![]() Old marks a relatively rare instance in which the filmmaker behind The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, and more actually chose to adapt the work of someone else, in this case, the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy and Frederik Peeters. Shyamalan was also drawn to it even before the pandemic. "It asks the question "If you had to live the rest of your life in one day, how would you spend it, and what is important in your life?' And I guess that's probably some of the questions that have been running through many people's heads at this time," Scanlen said. You are always constantly thinking about these topics of time passing and life and 'Did I do enough with my time, did I do enough in my life?' Reading this script, it really helped me to understand things in my life."Įliza Scanlen, who plays Kara, one of the film's rapidly aging children, agreed. "Because it's about a woman who has two children, which I have two. It gave me hope almost," Vicky Krieps, who in the film plays Prisca, a historian and mother of two, told SYFY WIRE. "It felt very natural to be drawn to this because when you were in the lockdown and you spent weeks on end kind of trapped in your apartment, it felt very scary to read this script. So naturally, the script was an interesting read for a group of actors stuck at home in the midst of a pandemic. Night Shyamalan's new film, Old, is the story of a group of people stuck in one place, where the flow of time begins to warp before their eyes and they begin to ponder deep, existential questions at the core of their existence. The show garnered numerous nominations and is the winner of many Australian Writers' Guild and Australian Directors Guild Awards other actors whose careers were launched by "Home and Away" include Naomi Watts, Chris Hemsworth and Isla Fisher.M. In 2016, Scanlen starred as Tabitha Ford in the Australian romantic-drama series, "Home and Away." The long-running series chronicles the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town in New South Wales. In November 2019 Scanlen made her Broadway debut portraying the role of Mayella Ewell in Aaron Sorkin's hit play "To Kill a Mockingbird" opposite Ed Harris and Nick Robinson at the Shubert Theater in New York City. She also filmed a lead role in the Netflix feature film "The Devil All The Time" opposite Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson. "Babyteeth" premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Sept 2019 to rave reviews and will be distributed in North American by IFC Films in 2020. Scanlen will also soon be seen in the lead role of Milla opposite Ben Mendelsohn and Essie Davis in the indie Australian feature "Babyteeth", for which she shaved her head to play a seriously ill teen who falls in love with a drug dealer. The film is scheduled for release by Sony Pictures on Dec 25th, 2019. Adapted from the Louisa May Alcott classic novel of the same name, the coming-of-age feature centers on four sisters during the Civil War-era in Massachusetts, after they leave their family home. Scanlen can be seen next as Beth March in Director Greta Gerwig's upcoming drama, "Little Women," in which she will star opposite Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper and Florence Pugh. ![]() ![]() In December 2017, Scanlen was included as one of The Hollywood Reporter's "10 Rising Television Stars" and in October 2018 she received the 2018 Breakthrough Award from the prestigious Australians In Film. For her portrayal of the complex Amma, Scanlen has received rave reviews from press outlets worldwide. ![]() Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée ("Big Little Lies") and written by Marti Noxon, the eight-episode, limited series premiered on July 8th 2018. Based on the novel written by Gillian Flynn of the same name, the story centers on reporter Camille Preaker (Adams), fresh from a psychiatric hospital, who must return to her hometown to uncover the murders of two preteen girls. Australian actress Eliza Scanlen is perhaps best know for her starring role as Amma Crellin opposite Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson in the HBO critically acclaimed drama series "Sharp Objects". ![]()
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