Stateside Splash

January 20th, 2012 • By Tayna • E-Articles, Kaya, Photoshoots, Press, Wuthering Heights

Women’s Wear Daily has recently chatted to Kaya about Wuthering Heights, and the emergence of new roles. Check out the photoshoot and interview below:

By starring in director Andrea Arnold’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” Kaya Scodelario is the latest in a long line of British ingénues to earn her spurs in a period drama.

But the 19-year-old Londoner doesn’t channel the delicate turns of phrase and genteel manners that the genre is known for. Instead, Scodelario gives an emotionally raw performance as Catherine Earnshaw in Arnold’s earthy, rough-hewn adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic novel. The film, which gets its U.S. premiere this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, earned much buzz when it premiered in Europe at the Venice Film Festival late last year, with Britain’s Daily Telegraph noting that Scodelario “crackles with flirtatious petulance” in the role.

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Future Style Star

January 10th, 2012 • By Tayna • E-Articles, Kaya, Press

Over the past few weeks, I have compiled different sources who predict that Kaya will be an upcoming fashion darling for 2012. Check ‘em out:

iFashion Magazine:

Kaya Scodelario

She might not be a newbie to our TV sets but Kaya Scodelario has certainly been making her mark as an actress, fashion muse and all-round cool girl since her stint as Effy in cult TV hit Skins. Making her film debut in 2011 as Cathy in a modern version of Wuthering Heights, the starlet looked amazing at the premiere in a vintage inspired lace gown. Definitely forging her way forward as one of the UKs brightest young fashionistas; Kaya has four new projects lined up in 2012. Watch this space.

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Francesca Gregorini Chats About “Emanuel”

January 6th, 2012 • By Tayna • Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, Kaya, Press

Francesca Gregorini, director of Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, recently spoke with Variety about the casting and tone of the story. To refresh your memory, the film is about Emanuel (Scodelario), a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbour Linda’s “baby,” which is actually a very life-like doll. She goes along with the delusion while befriending Linda (Jessica Biel), who happens to be the spitting image of Emanuel’s late mother. Besides Kaya and Jessica Biel, four new castings have been released. Alfred Molina and Frances O’Connor will portray Emanuel’s father and stepmother, Jimmi Simpson will portray her co-worker at a medical supply store, and Aneurin Barnard will play her love interest.

Gregorini on the film: “I consider it a psychological drama-thriller, with comedic elements. … It deals with death, salvation and redemption, as well as the lengths we’ll go to to deny our own mortality. It’s about the secrets we tell ourselves and keep from each other, and how intricate those lies are.”

Gregorini on the casting process: “sit down and talk to the actors to get a sense of who they are. For me, the hunt is to find whose essence is closest to the character. The town has a plethora of young girls and Kaya’s essence resonated as the essence of the character I wrote. That’s how I cast Rooney Mara in [Gregorini's first film] ‘Tanner Hall.’”

The film starts production this month in LA. Kaya has tweeted that filming will last for two months.

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New Face of Film: Kaya Scodelario

January 3rd, 2012 • By Tayna • E-Articles, Kaya, Now Is Good, Photoshoots, Press, Wuthering Heights

The Sunday Times critics has released their new faces of culture for 2012, and have chosen Kaya as the new face of film. The interview below discusses how Wuthering Heights has helped catapult her into new promising roles.

Costume drama is a long way from Skins — which tends more to uncostumed drama — but Kaya Scodelario made a brave leap from teenage television into the dark when she took the part last year of Cathy in Wuthering Heights.

This was no ordinary Brontë remake: it was directed by Andrea Arnold, who has a reputation for concrete high-rise social realism after Red Road and Fish Tank, and Scodelario was thrown in at the muddy deep end in Yorkshire.

“There were no rain machines,” she shudders. “It was all real.” The script was stripped of most dialogue; Scodelario was stripped of any make-up, and told to say lines “in my head”. Plus she had to work with three untrained actors, including James Howson as the first black Heathcliff.

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Kaya Chats With Interview Magazine

December 19th, 2011 • By Tayna • E-Articles, Kaya, Press, Wuthering Heights

You can read the interview below:

Brazilian Brit Kaya Scodelario has experience playing troubled youths. She is undoubtedly most famous for her role as Effy Stonem on the UK version (really, the only version) of Skins. Enigmatic Effy didn’t say much, though she was the show’s longest running character: appearing in the first four seasons, Effy didn’t have any lines until the show’s eighth episode. But Effy didn’t need to speak. Somehow, with a raised eyebrow, a roll of the eye and a sideways smile, Kaya clearly conveyed her character: an alarmingly precocious and disillusioned teenager. More recently, Kaya has taken on the role of Cathy Earnshaw in indie director Andrea Arnold’s much-lauded adaptation of Wuthering Heights and filmed Now is Good opposite Marc Jacobs’ darling, Dakota Fanning. We caught Kaya before she runs off to LA to shoot her next film with Jessica Biel and Alfred Molina, to chat about teenage romance, Antonio Banderas, and how she’s brushing up on her American accent.

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