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.
Born in Chile, raised in Canada, now living in Brooklyn, NY, Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2007. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, MuchMusic, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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