The Borneo Post (Sabah)

Anya Taylor-Joy is excited for both 'New Mutants' and 'Glass'

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ANYA Taylor-Joy thinks everyone should be excited about ‘New Mutants’ and ‘Glass’.

The 21-year-old actress is reprising her role from ‘Split’ as Casey Cooke in the third movie in the ‘Glass’ trilogy, as well as starring as mutant Illya Rasputin in the ‘X-Men’ spinoff film ‘New Mutants’, and the actress said it was a “privilege” working on the two projects.

In an exclusive interview with BANG Showbiz, Anya said: “I can tell you I am really excited about both of them. I think everyone should be really excited about them because they are different. For ‘Glass’ every single day we knew we were making something so that was so cool that it was a privilege to be there.

“And with ‘New Mutants’, it’s an entirely different film.”

Both projects are currently in post-production, but ‘New Mutants’ - which was originally set for release this year - has been postponed until 2019.

Surprising ending

‘Split’ follows James McAvoy as multiple-personalit­y sufferer Kevin Wendell Crumb who kidnaps Anya Taylor-Joy’s character as he attempts to battle his darkest personalit­y, known as The Beast. The surprise ending of the film shows it be a follow-up to 2000’s ‘Unbreakabl­e’, which starred Bruce Willis as security guard David Dunn who discovers he has super-human strength and resistance to injury.

Samuel L. Jackson played Elijah Price, who was born with Type I osteogenes­is imperfecta, a rare disease that renders sufferers’ bones extremely fragile and prone to fracture leading.

Last year, Taylor-Joy was nominated of EE’s BAFTA Rising Star Award, but lost out to ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ star Tom Holland.

 ?? — Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch photo ?? Members of the internatio­nal jury and festival director pose on the stage during the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale Internatio­nal Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Feb 15. Pictured are left to right : Festival director Dieter Kosslick,...
— Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch photo Members of the internatio­nal jury and festival director pose on the stage during the opening ceremony of the 68th Berlinale Internatio­nal Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, Feb 15. Pictured are left to right : Festival director Dieter Kosslick,...

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