Sick of sarcastic little doll-face Ellen Page? You might want to avoid the movie theaters for the next couple years as the breakout success of “Juno” has made it so that 20-year-old is being cast in every film until the end of eternity.
Later this year you’ll see her in a smaller co-starring role alongside Ellen Burnstyn in “The Stone Angel,” then you’ll see her in the Sundance-friendly indie, “Smart People,” with Dennis Quaid and Thomas Hayden Church (that will be much more the sarcastic indie-speed of “Juno” fans).
From there she’ll star as a teenage lesbian werewolf in ,”Jack And Diane,” a roller derby girl in Drew Barrymore’s upcoming directorial debut, “Whip It!” and most recently, taking the lead in his Sam Raimi’s first non-“Spider-Man,” new horror film “Drag Me to Hell.”
Today it was announced she’ll star in the indie psychological thriller, “Peacock,” with Cillian Murphy. The story focuses on a nutty man with a split personality (Murphy) that tricks a town into believing that his two alter-egos are man and wife. Page will play a struggling young mother who sparks a battle between the warring IDs.
The upside to all this even if you can’t stand her converse-wearing, indie-earnest personality, is that she’ll at least likely be too busy to end up in the pages of US Magazine with a methadone or scandalous dangling vag photo op. Here’s to hoping anyhow.
