It was a phone call from James Cameron that first gave a young Mia McKenna-Bruce the inspiration to act. Well, almost.
Having watched Titanic at home in London around the age of six, she says she was so “traumatized” by the film that she couldn’t sleep. After several weeks, her mum had the bright idea to get the film’s director to ring her up so he could explain over the phone to the terrified child that what she’d seen was just a movie, with people wearing costumes on a set. “And I was like, wait, this is a real job that you can do, and you can make people cry,” she recalls. As a hugely energetic and overdramatic youngster, McKenna-Bruce knew what she wanted to do with her life.
It would be several years later — after she’d landed her first professional job on the West End...
Having watched Titanic at home in London around the age of six, she says she was so “traumatized” by the film that she couldn’t sleep. After several weeks, her mum had the bright idea to get the film’s director to ring her up so he could explain over the phone to the terrified child that what she’d seen was just a movie, with people wearing costumes on a set. “And I was like, wait, this is a real job that you can do, and you can make people cry,” she recalls. As a hugely energetic and overdramatic youngster, McKenna-Bruce knew what she wanted to do with her life.
It would be several years later — after she’d landed her first professional job on the West End...
- 5/19/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is the historical adventure film The Rebels, which is set in 1st century Wales. You can watch the movie over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Written and directed by Emmet Cummins, The Rebels has the following synopsis:
Four rebellious teenagers in 1st century Roman-occupied Wales must flee their village and live in the wild after they accidentally kill a Roman soldier and cause an uprising. They must learn to live together or risk facing the wrath of Rome.
The film stars Tom Leach, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Gwydion Rhys, Richard Mason, Julian Lewis Jones, James Groom, Harry Lynn, Ifan Huw Dafydd,...
Written and directed by Emmet Cummins, The Rebels has the following synopsis:
Four rebellious teenagers in 1st century Roman-occupied Wales must flee their village and live in the wild after they accidentally kill a Roman soldier and cause an uprising. They must learn to live together or risk facing the wrath of Rome.
The film stars Tom Leach, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Gwydion Rhys, Richard Mason, Julian Lewis Jones, James Groom, Harry Lynn, Ifan Huw Dafydd,...
- 11/24/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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