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quite well.” A year later, she landed her part in The Witch, followed by two more horror films, Morgan and M. Night Shyamalan’s Split.

“I consider myself an artist because acting is very much my first love, but there are so many other creative industries I want to wade around in,” Taylor-Joy says. Eager to broaden her experience in the entertainment business, she spent her time on the set of Glass, the

Split sequel, sitting with Shyamalan behind the camera and shadowing the auteur director. “I have so much energy,” she says. “All I have to do now is not mess up.”