The star is enjoying break-out success from hit show Stranger Things (Picture: Justin Berl/Getty Images for Dear Zoe Premiere)
Sadie Sink explored the dark side of her character in upcoming movie The Whale, where she played the daughter of Brendan Fraser’s depressed, over-eating dad Charlie.
The 20-year-old actress appears as Ellie in Darren Aronofsky’s Oscar-tipped film that has had critics buzzing – especially over Brendan’s comeback performance – since its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival back in September.
However, Sadie shared that she was unable to decide if her cinematic alter ego was good or evil as she builds a relationship with her estranged father over the course of the film.
When asked about her character’s intentions, the star shared her thoughts, musing: ‘I don’t know, I think when I was filming, definitely for the earlier scenes, I had moments where I was like, “Oh there’s some real, real darkness in her.” You know there is, but I think it’s just developed over time coming from this great deal of pain that she’s in.
‘And I think she has no idea who she is, she’s very insecure.’
Sadie also discussed the complex relationship between Ellie and Charlie and revealed that she felt her character plays a ‘game’ with her father in the film.
The Whale marks lead actor Brendan Fraser’s first major role in several years, and his performance has been very well recieved (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for BFI)
The Stranger Things actress told The Hollywood Reporter: ‘It’s this game that she’s become really good at playing that’s kind of a challenge for Charlie, but the thing about him is that he’s able to kind of see past all of it.’
However, Sadie added that she thought there was a part of Ellie ‘that [Charlie] sees so clearly that I think is good’.
Meanwhile, the young actress’s performance in the movie impressed her co-star Brendan so much that he kept forgetting his lines.
Brendan is a huge fan of co-star Sadie, who plays his estranged daughter in the movie (Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
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Heaping praise on his co-star, the 54-year-old actor said to GQ: ‘The fluidity that Sadie plays, this beautiful, controlled rage, was breathtaking to me.
‘I was constantly going up on my lines. And that’s just because I have cobwebs upstairs and I was wearing a lot of gear, but also because I was just slack-jawed. I’m not joking.
‘Watching her work — she won the game ball every day we worked, I’m telling you.’
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In a surprising turn of events, actor and chat show host James Corden recently revealed that he missed out on landing Brendan Fraser’s role in The Whale after the critically-acclaimed project changed directors.
The 44-year-old TV personality said that he was originally set to star in the film as directed by Tom Ford, the designer who’s previously had success with his self-penned movies A Single Man and Nocturnal Animals.
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Co-star Brendan has previously heaped praised on her performance.
