Comments | bop_radar: MIFF update 2: Emily Dinsmore!

bop_radar

MIFF update 2: Emily Dinsmore!

Aug 02, 2006 14:34

I found a Smallville connection at the Melbourne International Film Festival! *is ridiculously proud of herself* And I have a new actress to fangirl!

Her name's Jodelle Ferland, and she's only 11 years old. She played Emily Dinsmore (S2's Accelerate: Lana's childhood friend, cloned by LuthorCorp), and she stars in Terry Gilliam's movie Tideland, ( Read more... )

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miss_tress August 2 2006, 05:17:19 UTC

When I was dragged to 'Silent Hill' by a friend I was very excited to point out "the creepy, little girl from 'Smallville'" to my friends. It's odd that she be as cute as a button and scary as all get out at the same time.

bop_radar August 2 2006, 06:24:24 UTC

*nods* Yes--she's the perfect genre child star! She has the most delightful giggle (in Tideland, at least) so that I found myself with a big grin on my face throughout much of what was essentially crippling child abuse.

norwich36 August 2 2006, 05:32:49 UTC

Ooh, that film sounds excellent.

bop_radar August 2 2006, 06:28:35 UTC

It was. Although I say that hesitantly only because it's pretty way out there... I liked it a lot though--it's a very memorable piece of cinema and bound to be a cult hit.

laurab1 August 2 2006, 07:51:20 UTC

She's very good at doing creepy little girls. I also saw her in "Kingdom Hospital".

bop_radar August 2 2006, 23:33:42 UTC

*nods* She's excellent at the creepy! I love creepy little girls... and if I was making/casting a movie, she'd play that role for sure.

bland August 2 2006, 17:09:52 UTC

I have a friend who lived in Nanaimo who used to babysit both Jodelle and her sister way back when. Jodelle was apparently really bratty, but what kid isn't at a certain age I guess? Anyways.. celebrity connection! ;)

bop_radar August 2 2006, 23:36:50 UTC

Oh, interesting!

but what kid isn't at a certain age I guess?
Well, yes, that and what celebrity isn't?! I would be astonished if she was normal/well-adjusted/un-bratty really. She started acting at four, and she must be constantly surrounded by adults. And my mind reels at the type of direction she must have received for this movie alone 'Now, Jodelle, just climb on the body of your dead father and snuggle up to him while holding a monologue in three voices ...'

bloodygoodgirl August 3 2006, 01:26:12 UTC

Yay for fandom connections. It's always good to recognize our obsessions. The movie sounds interesting, screwed up but interesting.

*sticks tongue out*

bop_radar August 3 2006, 09:41:33 UTC

Indeed! *g*