Elle, Ella, Nicola and more playing now!
If you're looking for a new young actress movie, you'll find quite a few at your local movie theater. Jennifer Lawrence's X-Men: Days of Future Past, Drew Barrymore's Blended, and Elle Fanning's Maleficent are all still playing, and here's a look at other young actresses who have movies out right now.
Ella Wahlestedt, 18, at the June 14th premiere of her movie Earth to Echo, which she describes as "ET for the selfie generation." The plot of the sci-fi kidventure film (four Nevada kids discover a small alien stranded on earth) certainly bears a lot of resemblance to Drew Barrymore's breakout role. It's the first big-screen role for Ella, a veteran of short films and TV's Army Wives. She says that she almost didn't get the part, which was set to go to a younger actress: "I didn't think I had a shot, but they bumped up the age, then I did a mix and match, and it was a very fast process."
Joey King, now 14, at the June 23rd premiere of her movie Wish I Was Here, a coming-of-late-age story where she plays Zach Braff's daughter. After they shared a recording booth for Oz: The Great and Powerful, Braff later sent Joey a text about this film: "So you wanna read for this with me?" For already the second time in her career, Joey shaved her head for the role: "I didn't cry. I felt like I was going to throw up, though! My sister was pep-talking me, saying, 'Calm down, it's okay.' I really don't know what was going through my mind. It was mostly, 'Don't mess up, don't mess up. You've got one take!' Everyone on set was super supportive. Everyone wore a wig that day for me!"
Nicola Peltz, 19, at the July 9th premiere of her movie Affluenza. She also has Transformers 4 out right now, and while it looks like a brainless blockbuster, let's hope that Affluenza is a bit better. Nicola says that she wanted to do the film because it dealt with decadence and excess, like her favorite book: "The Great Gatsby is my favorite book, so anything having to do with that storyline in the least made me really excited. Kate was a really interesting character to play. I had a lot of fun with it. Kate is someone who should be happy, she has all the materialistic things that she wants, but she's one of those unhappy people. She's a broken person inside."
Ella Wahlestedt, 18, at the June 14th premiere of her movie Earth to Echo, which she describes as "ET for the selfie generation." The plot of the sci-fi kidventure film (four Nevada kids discover a small alien stranded on earth) certainly bears a lot of resemblance to Drew Barrymore's breakout role. It's the first big-screen role for Ella, a veteran of short films and TV's Army Wives. She says that she almost didn't get the part, which was set to go to a younger actress: "I didn't think I had a shot, but they bumped up the age, then I did a mix and match, and it was a very fast process."
Joey King, now 14, at the June 23rd premiere of her movie Wish I Was Here, a coming-of-late-age story where she plays Zach Braff's daughter. After they shared a recording booth for Oz: The Great and Powerful, Braff later sent Joey a text about this film: "So you wanna read for this with me?" For already the second time in her career, Joey shaved her head for the role: "I didn't cry. I felt like I was going to throw up, though! My sister was pep-talking me, saying, 'Calm down, it's okay.' I really don't know what was going through my mind. It was mostly, 'Don't mess up, don't mess up. You've got one take!' Everyone on set was super supportive. Everyone wore a wig that day for me!"
Nicola Peltz, 19, at the July 9th premiere of her movie Affluenza. She also has Transformers 4 out right now, and while it looks like a brainless blockbuster, let's hope that Affluenza is a bit better. Nicola says that she wanted to do the film because it dealt with decadence and excess, like her favorite book: "The Great Gatsby is my favorite book, so anything having to do with that storyline in the least made me really excited. Kate was a really interesting character to play. I had a lot of fun with it. Kate is someone who should be happy, she has all the materialistic things that she wants, but she's one of those unhappy people. She's a broken person inside."