In a new interview, Kaya Scodelario discusses upcoming projects including Emanuel & the Truth about Fishes, returning to Skins, and of course her role in the breakout movie franchise The Maze Runner.
Kaya Scodelario is no stranger to the world of celebrity. After practically growing up on the incredibly successful U.K. series Skins, the young actress has been placed into the limelight for quite some time. But with one look at Scodelario’s upcoming projects, it’s easy to see that the starlet will be gaining even more attention in the year to come.
Not only is she returning to her beloved Skins to portray a more mature and adult Effy, Scodelario has also snagged two potentially career changing roles. The first is in a movie called Emanuel & the Truth about Fishes where she plays a young troubled girl who makes a strong connection to the new single mother that moves in next door. Positive reviews about the movie have been pouring in and it is creating quite a stir at many film festivals. In the interview with Indiewire, Scodelario talks about how she discovered the movie and landed the role:
How did you come into contact with “Emanuel & The Truth About Fishes”? Did you have to audition, or did they offer you a part?
It was auditions, I’d heard there was a really good script going around. I read it, and fell in love with it instantly, which is actually quite rare. I read 10, 20 a week, and it’s only every now and again you’re like, “I really love this.” I put myself on tape, because [director Francesca Gregorini] was in America, and then heard back that she was in London and she wanted to meet face to face to get to know me. And we sat down, and had a really cool connection straight away. She’s very young at heart, and open and honest, and I’m quite like that as well, so we clicked straight away. And then I auditioned again, got the part and flew out to America.
The next major movie that has the potential to transform the actress’ career is The Maze Runner. This film is a movie adaptation of the popular book series by James Dashner and is frequently being compared to the popular series adaptation of The Hunger Games. Scodelario shares some information about this movie in the interview as well:
Your next film is going to be a bit of a chance of pace, it’s “The Maze Runner.”
I leave in a couple of days to start shooting that in Louisiana. It’s my first real studio job, and it’s actually something really cool. It’s not your romantic love triangle typical trilogy thing, it’s very edgy, it’s quite scary, action-packed. It’s the first one of that sort of films aimed at a male audience, which I think is really cool, I think a lot of young guys are going to relate to it. And it’s the director [Wes Ball]’s first feature, he’s only ever done a short before, and he’s been given this massive trilogy to do, and he’s basically going to do whatever the f*** he wants with it. Like he announced that I was in it over Twitter, I just love that. He’s just gonna do it his own way.
Scodelario also shares that she’s the only female in the movie and that she’s very excited to have the opportunity to play an action oriented physical role, joking that she’s going to have to lay off the fried foods for a while in order to be fit enough to perform. Scodelario’s comments on her own rising level of fame are particularly mature and grounded. She understands that the entertainment business is an unpredictable and elusive place and that to have any job at all is a great privilege – one she doesn’t intend on tarnishing with a bunch of overly analytical thoughts. One job and one obstacle at a time seems to be her motto.
The actress goes on to talk about donning an American accent, working with fellow successful up-and-comers (Nick Hoult, Dev Patel, Joe Dempsie, Hannah Murray…), and what individuals she would like to work with in the future.
If the projects above have any bearing on what’s to come, we’re going to bet that the young actress still has a lot to look forward to.