Kaya Scondelario’s Unexpected Arrival In “THE MAZE RUNNER”
In the highly anticipated action-adventure “The Maze
Runner,” based on the hugely successful book series of the same title by James
Dashner, Kaya Scodelario stars as Teresa
in the movie within the midst of teenage boys confined in a place called The
Glade where she is the only girl in the mix and where they have no idea who
they are except for their names.
Teresa’s arrival into the mysterious
Glade takes her fellow teenage captives by surprise: she’s the first girl in
their midst. It’s immediately apparent that she has a connection to Dylan
O’Brien’s Thomas; a connection that may well explain the Gladers’ confinement. Teresa came into the Glade just right after
the movie’s lead protagonist, Thomas (played by Dylan O’Brien) – among the
boys, only both of them have repetitious dreams of a mysterious organization of
which only the acronym WCKD flashes within their memories.
“The
Maze Runner” opens up on a vast space where teenage boys thrived for three
years, each having their own group and responsibilities to attend to in order
to survive. Within The Glade is the
mysterious, dangerous and massive maze where predators await. All of the boys have awaken inside an
elevator that has ascended from somewhere that led them into The Glade and has
since then accustomed and resigned themselves to survive. Until the last of them was delivered, alas, Teresa,
a girl has finally found her way into the Glade.
“Teresa
is every bit as tough as the guys,” Scodelario affirms. “She’s independent, feisty and tough and
definitely has a ‘don’t-mess-with-me’ vibe.”
Moreover, says Ball, “she’s every bit as mysterious as the Glade and
Maze, and when she comes up on that elevator, it all goes really bad.”
Kaya Scodelario came to mainstream
attention via British TV’s with her first role in E4’s SKINS, which started in
2007. Then 14, Scodelario had never acted before, but she overcame nerves at
the audition and became one of the show’s most enduring characters, starring
alongside Nicholas Hoult and Jack O’Connell in the show’s four seasons.
She appeared in her feature film
debut in 2009, in Duncan Jones’s sci-fi indie “Moon,” and followed it up in
2010 with roles in “Shank” and “Clash of the Titans.” She earned critical
plaudits for her turn as Cathy in Andrea Arnold’s stripped-back retelling of “Wuthering
Heigths” in 2011 and starred alongside Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Irvine in the
romantic drama “Now is Good” in 2012.
Check out our movie review for "The Maze Runner here.
Check out our movie review for "The Maze Runner here.
“The Maze Runner” will open in theatres this September
17 from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.
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