Olivia DeJonge made her official acting debut in 2011’s short film “Good Pretender.”
Eleven years later, the actress starred in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.”
She found out later in the evening that the role was hers.
Here’s a look at her fast-growing career.
The movie was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who is known for coming up with truly disturbing tales.
“What I first read was just a really straightforward, normal scene,” she explained.
“I had no idea what [Shyamalan] had concocted.”
As she put it, “Night’s really great and so are the other actors.
While speaking to the publication, DeJonge shared, “That was such a quiet hit that film.
We weren’t even sure what it was going to be.
And it’s still going.
Every Christmas I get DM’s about (the film).”
DeJonge’s character is up against a lot.
The show is meant to be a modern portrayal of the early years in the life of William Shakespeare.
For starters, there were no adults at all not even their parents.
However, she begins to soften as the series progressed.
Sinha told Cinema Femme that DeJonge’s character, Dallas, was thoughtfully put together.
She is explosive and unpredictable, but she’s also a child, extremely vulnerable.”
As she put it, “I think oftentimes women are depicted as two-dimensional in cinema.
I think it would have been easy to sit around and [flowery voice]talk like this.
But that’s not what it was like.”
