Announced by Wes Ball on Twitter, Kaya Scodelario, who you might have seen on the Skins TV series playing Effy, will take on the role of Teresa!

Teresa is a girl of natural beauty, described as having pale white skin, dark hair, and striking blue eyes. She’s not a delicate flower, however. She has an edge, a believable toughness, and can take care of herself.

Her arrival in the Glade starts a chain reaction of events and revelations that changes everything, and with Thomas, they attempt to find a way out of the Maze.

This is the fourth cast member announced for the film that’s currently in pre-production in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Ball used the following sneaky tweet to announce the news:

Read the official synopsis for the film below:

Thomas awakens in a dilapidated elevator with no memories except for his own name. The elevator deposits him into a strange place called The Glade – a large outdoor space surrounded on all sides by 150 foot walls of solid stone, and inhabited by 50 other boys who have lived there for the past 2 years all with no memory of how they got there or who sent them. Every morning the walls move apart to allow the boys out of the Glade and into the enormous and complex MAZE that stretched for miles and miles with no clear end or escape. At night the walls seal the boys inside the Glade and protect them from the vicious Grievers – insect like creatures who prowl the maze and attack anybody unfortunate enough to get stuck in it overnight.

The maze is constantly shifting, awe-inspiring, and so far, unsolved. The Gladers’ only hope of escaping lie in the hands of elite Maze Runners who search the shifting maze for an exit each day. When the elevator makes an unscheduled delivery of the first girl (Teresa) in the Glade’s history, everything is thrown into chaos. Together, Thomas and Teresa must embark on a quest to solve the riddle of the maze and reveal the chilling secret of who brought them there, and why.

What do you think of Kaya being cast in ‘The Maze Runner’ movie?