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Isabelle Fuhrman is back as Esther for the “ORPHAN” prequel *UPDATED*

Monday, November 2, 2020 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

They’ve figured out a way for the actress to return to the role she first played 11 years ago.

Deadline reports that Isabelle Fuhrman will co-star and also serve as associate producer on ORPHAN: FIRST KILL, on which the filmmakers will employ “a combination of forced perspective shooting and a world-class makeup team” to allow her to play Esther again. Julia Stiles (DEXTER) also stars in ORPHAN: FIRST KILL, which Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment One are producing. William Brent Bell of THE BOY and its sequel is directing on Winnipeg locations, from a screenplay by David Coggeshall (THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT 2, SCREAM: THE SERIES); original scripter David Leslie Johnson is among the executive producers. The synopsis: “Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as ‘Esther’ comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.”

Since breaking out in ORPHAN, the 2009 hit in which she played Esther, a malevolent Eastern European girl who invades the lives of Peter Skarsgaard and Vera Farmiga, Fuhrman has appeared in THE HUNGER GAMES, the Stephen King chiller CELL and DOWN A DARK HALL. She’ll be seen next year in ESCAPE ROOM 2, due for release in January, and the indie period chiller THE LAST THING MARY SAW.

 

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).