Julia Stiles Teases Surprising New ORPHAN 2 Twist
Director William Brent Bell (The Boy) has wrapped his Orphan prequel Orphan: First Kill in Winnipeg with Isabelle Fuhrman returning as Esther and Julia Stiles (Dexter).
And today, Stiles teased what drew her to the new fim.
Stiles tells Collider Ladies Night: “The script was so dang good, I couldn’t put it down. I do not watch horror movies and when I was sent the script for it I was like, ‘I don’t know. I’m not into that genre.’ And I was also really worried about going back to work after COVID. And the script was so dang good, I couldn’t put it down and I was so surprised by the twist that I’m not gonna give away that I think you’ll like it.”
The Omen star adds: “It’s incredibly psychological. I’m not really interested in blood and gore. I find it gross, but I don’t find it really scary. What I find scary is the stuff that happens up here. And Isabelle Fuhrman’s character, Esther – although she has multiple names, Leena, I don’t know – it’s just such a fascinating – especially now because she’s a grown-up. She’s 23 now playing the same part. It’s just such a fascinating sociopathic character, along the lines of why Norman Bates was so interesting to watch.”
Don’t Look Now and Invasion of the Body Snatchers star Donald Sutherland’s son Rossif Sutherland (Kiefer Sutherland’s half-brother) has also joined the cast of the Orphan prequel. Sutherland recently starred in Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor.
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Written by David Coggeshall, the new Orphan follows “Esther” as she makes a brilliant escape from a psychiatric facility. She travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But her new life comes with a wrinkle. Now she’s pitted against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
The film uses forced perspective and a world-class makeup team to help Fuhrman bring her character to life again. Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, Ethan Erwin, and James Tomlinson produce with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick as executive producer.
The first Orphan followed a couple, (Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) who decide to adopt a child after the devastating loss of their unborn baby. At the orphanage, both feel drawn to a little girl (Fuhrman) named Esther. Soon they take their new daughter home. But then a dangerous series of events unfold. Now they begin to suspect there’s something evil lurking behind the child’s angelic exterior.
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