Beginning actors of the movie “Split” on the set justified the confidence of the director, with meager experience in the movie, they played complex roles and collected rave reviews. For many, the picture has become the pinnacle of a career.
Anya Taylor-Joy
According to them, some actors of the movie "Split" did not yet have enough experience to shoot in this film. Among them was Anya, the girl at that time had just mastered the profession, before that she had succeeded in another matter.
External data lead her to the model podium as a teenager, and there the girl is predicted a great future. Anya really succeeds and becomes the face of some global brands. But later, in front of the age factor, she decides to get a second profession and attends acting castings. It debuts at age 22 and after two little-known minor roles from the third attempt, receives the first recognition. For three years of her acting career, she has never been left without work in the cinema or on the television screen.
A native of the United States, Anya Taylor-Joy (born in 1996), as a child, first moved to Argentina with her family, and then to England, where she will receive an education. An attractive girl is later noticed in a modeling agency.
The eighth in a row in her career was the film “Split” (2017), for the actress this film will be the second most important in the track record. The girl will play one of the victims of the kidnapper. She herself was surprised at the director's confidence - for a performer with such little experience in the movie, it was difficult to play such a characteristic character on the set. But critics and viewers at the box office praised the acting work of a former model named Anya Taylor-Joy. “Split” turned out to be a landmark film in her career.
James McAvoy
On the set, he was the only one who had great experience in cinema at a high level. Other actors of the movie "Split" recognized him as the leader in it. The career of an actor did not begin in a theater group, but with acquaintance and friendship with a famous film director. James’s decision to make a living by playing in the frame comes from this person’s ongoing story about the shooting process.
Instead of castings and samples, the gifted guy simply persuades his friend to entrust him with one of the roles in his own picture. Thus, the teenager makes his debut on the set at the age of 16 and until he comes of age will play several more roles on the big screen. From then on, he will remain a sought-after actor for 22 years to this day.
The Scot is a native of Glasgow, in 1979 a boy is born here to a worker of a psychiatric hospital and a simple builder. Makevoy grew up in a middle-income family and was forced to move after his parents divorced. The malaise forces the mother of the future actor to entrust the upbringing and maintenance of the son to his grandparents. But even there, the living conditions and prosperity of the family were very modest.
As a child, McAvoy wanted to preach in the church, following the example of a shepherd in his church, the boy grew up in a religious setting. Later he will be in the ranks of the sailors of the British Navy, and only after that he will finally decide on the choice of profession. An early acting debut allows James to accumulate good experience and gain recognition from eminent directors. When James McAvoy was invited to the role of the thief in the thriller, “Split” acquired a solid actor with tangible experience in cinema.
Betty Buckley
The psychiatrist’s doctor, who worked in the hospital with a schizophrenic kidnapper, was played in the film by the oldest of the actresses on the set. Betty turned 69 on the set, for her vast stage and cinematic experience, the remaining actors of the Split film recognized her authority, she composed James McAvoy's company among the most experienced actors in this film. She didn’t build her career in cinema; a U.S. native has been playing roles on Broadway his whole life. To do this, at one time she moved and settled in New York.
The first experiment on the big screen with Betty took place 40 years ago, since then her name has gained increasing weight in acting circles. At the moment, the actress born in 1947 remains an example of a successful career without millions in cinema fees.
Among other film actors:
- Hayley Lou Richardson;
- Jessica Sula;
- Izzy Coffey
- Neil Huff
- Brad William Henke;
- Sebastian Arselus.
Plot
The painting “Split” (2017) refers to the abduction of three teenage girls in a parking lot by a former patient in a psychiatric hospital. Very young victims will regain consciousness in an unfamiliar place. Now they will have to quickly grow up and discover new abilities in themselves. In an attempt to escape, girls will investigate a crime against themselves. They will try to establish the motives of the kidnapper, as well as his weaknesses in search of loopholes for escape. They will succeed later on.
While the heroines of the picture are kept separately in different rooms, a doctor of a psychiatric hospital, who previously observed the kidnapper as her patient, could clarify a lot for them. It turns out that the guy suffers from schizophrenia, because several personalities are “at once” in his head.