'Orphan: First Kill' Star Isabelle Fuhrman Says Prequel Makes Movie History and "People Will Be Shocked"
In a recent interview with Collider, Orphan: First Kill star Isabelle Fuhrman said that “people will be shocked” by the horror prequel, in which she claims to make movie history as the first adult actress to reprise a leading role that she first played as a child.
Fuhrman first played the diabolical “Esther” in Jaume Collet-Serra‘s Orphan, which was a surprise hit for Warner Bros. back in 2009. The film grossed nearly $80 million worldwide and led to Fuhrman’s casting in The Hunger Games. She spoke to Collider while promoting her new indie drama The Novice, in which she plays a collegiate rower, at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Fuhrman promised that Orphan: First Kill is “definitely not what I think most people will expect, which I think is really exciting and what really drew me to even coming back to play that role. And also, what I think is most exciting about it is it’s something that’s never been done cinematically. There’s never been an adult actress who reprised a role she played as child. And that was exceptionally difficult and really fun to do, because when I was a kid and I played Esther, I was constantly playing a 33-year-old hiding herself as a kid while I was also 10, and this time, it was like, ‘here’s a little weight off my shoulders,’ since I just have to pretend I’m 10, because I’m already an adult.”
Fuhrman knows that millions of moviegoers associate her with the role of Esther, and she has embraced the attention from genre fans, even as she continues to spread her wings as an actress, having recently starred in the Showtime series Masters of Sex.
“It was really cool to be back on that [Orphan] set. I think people will be shocked by that story. It’s very different from what most people would expect and Julia [Stiles] is absolutely incredible in it, and we had a lot of fun making the movie together. It’s definitely a story about the two of us and our relationship, and Esther’s way that she came to the United States and how she found herself there,” explained Fuhrman.
